Female © Corey Callaghan
Male © Barry Deacon
Female © Alistair Walsh
Pair © Stephen Murray

Blue-breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus

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Identification

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Small bird with a very long blue-gray tail held cocked, found from southwestern Western Australia to the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, where it prefers coastal heath and drier woodland areas. Breeding male has a bright blue helmet, bluish-black breast, blue patch on back, and chestnut shoulders. Female grayish overall, with long blue-gray tail and reddish bill. Nonbreeding male resembles female but has black bill and narrow pale eyering.

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