Mainland White-winged Fairy-wren
Male		Murray Mallee Region
South Australian Superb Fairy-wren
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Mainland White-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus (Musciparus) leucopterus ssp leuconotus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Australian Fairy-wren (Maluridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Mainland White-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus (Musciparus) leucopterus ssp leuconotus)
This Photo:     Male & Female
Thank you George Seagull for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere
The all blue body on this fellow makes the white of the wings look radiant.
Copyright © 2023-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 11-Sep-2023
This species is classed as NT (Near Threatened) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)