April 10, 2024 - Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis)
Found throughout much of Australia, these fairywrens live in shrubby habitats. They feed on arthropods and seeds, foraging in pairs or small flocks in shrubs and on the ground. Females build domed oval-shaped nests with side entrances from grass, twigs, bark, fur, and feathers in bushes, trees, fern clumps, or other vegetation. They incubate clutches of two to four eggs. Helpers from previous broods assist the parents with feeding the chicks.
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A little over a decade ago, researchers in Australia were placing recorders in the nests of superb fairywrens (Malurus cyaneus) when they discovered something entirely unexpected.
The female songbirds were singing to their unhatched eggs.
Even more astonishing, when the chicks finally hatched, experts noticed that all the birds that grew up in the same nest used a similar tune to beg their mother and father for food.
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Splendid Fairywrens (Malurus splendens), male and female, family Maluridae, order Passeriformes, Australia
photograph by Kipp Thompson
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A wren for Wren @wraenata !! Ok I will admit fairy wrens are very pretty...
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A little study of a truly SUPERB fairywren! Tiny round bird anatomy has always been pretty difficult for me, since they hide basically all of their anatomy under one big layer of fluff.
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spring vibe, but with a fairy twist ✨
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Splendid Fairywrens (Malurus splendens), male, family Maluridae, Australia
photograph by Mark Eatwell
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on the scale of superb fairywrens to salmons how much do you change when you're- [gets shot]
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i discovered fairywrens and i Love Them, they are amazing -- tiny colorful miracles of nature c:
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JUST FOUND ANOTHER BIRD THAT I THINK IS REALLY NEAT
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