Malurus cyaneus

Superb Fairywren at Penrose, NSW

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Identification history

	Malurus cyaneus	21 Dec 2019	BLSHFour
	Malurus cyaneus	21 Dec 2019	Aussiegall

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User's notes

Male and female observed. They built a nest in the Port wine magnolia but no sign of babies so I feel the bird may have been attacked by a larger bird

2 comments

BLSHFour wrote:

21 Dec 2019

The above comment is not significant. This bird is extremely disloyal to its partner and both mate with each other and other birds in the area and the female lays eggs in her own nest and any other available nest. It is an example of indiscriminate breeding and gene pool dissemination common in birds.

Aussiegall wrote:

21 Dec 2019

OK thanks, didn't think of that

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Location information

Coordinates 150.212406 -34.682778
Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Penrose, NSW

Sighting information

2 Abundance
29 Oct 2019 02:35 PM Recorded on
Aussiegall Recorded by
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Aussiegall Southern Highlands NatureMapr Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc) Other Birds Birds

Species information

Malurus cyaneus Scientific name
Superb Fairywren Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1288.2m Recorded at altitude
1340 images trained Machine learning
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