None of Australia’s 10 fairywrens are “true” wrens.
However, all are truly beautiful.
3 equally beautiful species: superb fairywren, splendid fairywren and lovely fairywren.
The last-named lives only in near-coastal parts of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula; the other two have much wider ranges.
When southeastern Australians wax lyrical about “blue wrens” they usually have in mind the “superb” species, whilst a southwestern Australian is probably thinking of the “splendid” kind.
On Flinders Island all “blue wrens” are “superb”, albeit members of the island’s own subspecies of Malurus cyaneus.
The pictured individuals are females.
Fairywrens have their very own “project”.
Its website has info on all 10 species, and some suitably splendid/superb/lovely images.
This post’s photos were taken in Killiecrankie Park, on the southwestern edge of Killiecrankie Bay.
On the northwestern “corner” of Flinders Island, it is a splendid location, as the next several posts will reveal…
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