Variegated Fairywren
Malurus lamberti
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The variegated fairywren is a fairywren that lives in eastern Australia. As a species that exhibits sexual dimorphism, the brightly coloured breeding male has chestnut shoulders and azure crown and ear coverts, while non-breeding males, females and juveniles have predominantly grey-brown plumage, although females of two subspecies have mainly blue-grey plumage.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Maluridae
- Genus
- Malurus