SPLENDID FAIRY-WREN

 33          SPLENDID FAIRY-WREN           Malurus splendens

Australia   (33)

Also known as Banded, Black-backed or Turquoise Fairy-wren. 12-14 cms. 

NOTE:        4 subspecies in Australia

melanotus:             w NSW, e SA, s QLd

splendens:           sw and w WA

musgravi:              SA, s NT, e WA

emmottorum:         central Qld

Subspecies splendens, photographed near Perth, WA, July 2018

Subspecies musgravi, photographed near Whyalla, South Australia, September 2018