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Like other fairywrens, the lovely fairywren is notable for its marked sexual dimorphism, males adopting a highly visible breeding plumage of brilliant iridescent blue and chestnut contrasting with black and grey-brown. The brightly coloured crown and ear tufts are prominently featured in breeding displays. The male in breeding plumage has striking azure blue ear coverts, crown and upper back, a black throat and nape, chestnut shoulders and a white-tipped blue tail. The wings are black and the belly white.
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When to see the Lovely Fairywren
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Lovely Fairywren
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Lovely Fairywren
The lovely fairywren, or lovely wren, is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to northeastern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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Easily confused with
Blue-breasted FairywrenMalurus pulcherrimusThe contact call is a soft, short reed-like trill.
White-shouldered FairywrenMalurus alboscapulatusThe adult male is all shiny black except for their white shoulders (scapulars), but unlike the better-known Australian fairywrens there is no eclipse male plumage.
Purple-crowned FairywrenMalurus coronatusThe purple-crowned fairywren is a small, sexually dimorphic, bird measuring approximately 14 cm (5.5 in) in length, with a wing-span of approximately 16 cm (6.3 in) and weighing only 9–13 g (0.32–0.46 oz).
Side by side: Lovely Fairywren vs Red-winged Fairywren
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