PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae

Malurus melanocephalus  

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Lorella Springs Station, NT (Aug, 2010)

Red-backed Fairy-wren (cruentatus).

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren eating grasshopper

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren (female)

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren (cruentatus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Female or immature male

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren (cruentatus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Male Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Female Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Breeding moult

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Red-backed Fairy-wren