The Superb Fairy-wren, Malurus cyaneus, is a spectacular and fortunately common bird of southeast Australia, Tasmania and a few other nearby smaller islands. It is a small songbird that supplements its diet of insects with a few berries, seeds and edible flowers.
The male has much more showy plumage during the breeding season and is easily noticed and identified.
Classification:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Maluridae
Genus: Malurus
Species: M. cyaneus
Photos:
Superb Fairy-wren
Malurus cyaneus
Photo courtesy of Gerard31
Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Photo courtesy of Jen 64
