South Australian Superb Fairy-wren: Fledgling

South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus ssp leggei)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Perching Birds (Passeriformes)

Family:

Australian Fairy-wren (Maluridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus ssp leggei)

This Photo:

Fledgling

Thank you Fubberpish for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
More formal looking than the splendid; like wearing a grey suit with a black & sky blue scarf and cap.
Non-breeding males, juvenile males and females can be hard to differentiate. Adult Males have black beaks, females have orange/red beaks.
Kristen Messenger said "males have black eyelashes while females have chestnut".

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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