Variegated Fairy-wren - male perched

Variegated Fairy-wren - male perched (Malurus lamberti assimilis). Near a pond surrounded by spinifex in the Pilbara near Marble Bar, Western Australia. Previously known as Purple-backed Fairy-wren. This subspecies inhabits drier country such as spinifex with associated shrubbery. Also in mallee and mulga and along dry tree-lined watercourses

Restrictions Not for Australia

Assimilis Fairy Malurus Variegated Wren Wrens

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