Tuesday, January 30, 2018

PURPLE-BACKED FAIRYWREN

Photographed at Lark's Quarry, Queensland, 2017
1238                 PURPLE-BACKED FAIRYWREN              Malurus assimilis

AUSTRALIA                   731

Classified as subspecies of Varigated Fairywren until split January 2018; now separate species which contains four subspecies. Found over much of the Australian continent. Usually inhabits scrubland with plenty of vegetation providing dense cover; prefers rocky outcrops and patches of acacia, Eremophila or lignum in inland and northern Australia.

Photographed in NW Queensland.

Photographed in western WA

































Photographed in South Australia