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	Superb Fairy-wren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) is the best-known of all fairy-wrens, and in south-eastern Australia is frequently known simply as the blue wren.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Superb_Fairy-wren (381 words)

	News in Science - Native bird too smart for predatory cuckoo - 14/03/2003
		The Horsfield bronze-cuckoo has evolved its eggs to be a very similar size and shape as those of its unwilling host, the superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), a species native to Australia.
		Wrens lay their eggs over about five days, and it is important for the cuckoo to lay her egg in the middle of this period.
		The researchers established that one of the triggers for a wren to abandon its young is a single chick in the nest.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/s805357.htm (658 words)

	Superb Fairy-wren by Wildlife Artist Janet Flinn
		The wrens dance and flit around grass and foliage never straying far from the family group and the safety of the dense undergrowth.
		The wren above is the male of the species.
		The female and non breeding males wear a sombre brown dress.(The males are distinguished by their blue tail, whereas the females have a brown-green tail).
	www.users.bigpond.com /jpflinn/supfairywren.htm (109 words)

	Maluridae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their obvious similarity to the wrens of Europe and America is not genetic, but simply the consequence of convergent evolution between more-or-less unrelated species that share the same ecological niche.
		Commonly known as wrens, they are unrelated to the true wrens of the Northern Hemisphere.
		Their closest relatives are the Meliphagidae (honeyeaters), the Pardalotidae, and the Petroicidae (Australian robins).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maluridae (239 words)

	Conservation Ecology: Animal Dispersal in Fragmented Habitat: Measuring Habitat Connectivity, Corridor Use, and Dispersal Mortality
		13a indicate patch pairs in the Blue-breasted Fairy-wren study area that are relatively close, yet inaccessible to wrens, according to the model.
		Babblers are larger than wrens (40 g vs. 8 g), are more often observed in the open, and tend to fly for longer distances across open areas; nevertheless, like wrens, they prefer to move from bush to bush rather than cross open gaps in vegetation.
		Wrens and babblers were treated differently in this respect, as the latter are behaviorally more flexible when joining new groups, in that the presence of a breeding vacancy is not required (P. Cale, personal observation).
	www.ecologyandsociety.org /vol3/iss1/art4/index.html (5911 words)

	Red-backed fairy-wren, Malurus melanocephalus
		The red-backed fairy-wren, Malurus melanocephalus (family Maluridae), is an attractive small black wren with a bright red back.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/2970/wren.htm (30 words)

	Superb Fairy-wren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) is the best-known of all fairy-wrens, and in south-eastern Australia is frequently known simply as the blue wren.
		Superb Fairy-wrens occupy wide range of habitat types, and are found in almost any area that has at least a little dense undergrowth for them to shelter in, including grasslands with scattered shrubs, moderately thick forest, woodland, heaths, and domestic gardens.
		Like all fairy-wrens, the Superb Fairy-wren is an active and restless feeder, particularly on open ground near shelter, but also through the lower foliage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Superb_Fairy-wren (549 words)

	California Wild Summer 2003 - Horizons
		While superb fairy wrens must overcome the shenanigans of another species, American coots (Fulica americana) face a tougher task—sorting their own eggs from those deposited on the sly by other coots.
		“The benefits of rejecting chicks are quite high for fairy wrens because they have time to rear a new brood of their own.
		From within the nest’s dim nterior, the cuckoo’s red-brown, speckled eggs appear nearly identical in color and size to the fairy wren’s own clutch.
	www.calacademy.org /calwild/2003summer/stories/horizons.html (1376 words)

	Wrens
		Phylogeny and Comparative Biology of Wrens - Summarizes the phylogeny of these birds, discusses the evolution of their social and vocal behavior, and provides photos.
		Wrens Local News: Topix.net - Local, regional, and statewide news collected from diverse sources on the web.
		Wren's Nest Primary School - Includes the school brochure.
	www.findly.com /wrens.htm (283 words)

	News item [SoBS - UoB]
		As Nature says "The answer to this puzzle seems to be that cuckoo chick discrimination evolves only when cuckoos have completely evaded the first line of defence at the egg stage, and parasitism rates are on the up." Nestlings are identified by their begging calls, but cuckoo nestlings have now begun imitating fairy wren calls.
		Sarah Hunt is a member of the University Research Centre in Behavioural Biology and the Ecology of Vision group, working on the function of nestling mouth colours and mouth patterns with Dr Andy Bennett and Dr Rebecca Kilner.
		Although the evolutionary 'arms race' between cuckoos and their hosts is well-known, it has always puzzled biologists that hosts fail to recognise the hatched cuckoo chick, even when they can be quite discriminating against alien eggs.
	www.bio.bris.ac.uk /news/news.cfm?item=13 (266 words)

	Sightings of the bird: Variegated Fairy-wren, (Malurus lamberti) in the upper Blue Mountains, Australia
		i saw a variegated fairy wren while i was camping with some of the fathers and their kids from my daughters class.it most have been at least 11-14cm long and it had beautiful colours all over its body.
		I'm doing a school project on the Variegated Fairy Wren and I found out heaps of things like that the bird actually has a small dome shaped nest and when it is flying around it flies a domonint female and a domonint male and a few non -breeding wrens.
		I would really like to know the Length of the variegated fairy wren, the length of its tail and how much it weighs!
	www.bluemountains.net /birds/bird.asp?bird_id=111 (265 words)

	Biology
		Genetic similarity between female splendid fairy-wrens and their social mates as a function of the level of promiscuity of the female.
		An acrylamide gel image showing pcr products from about 48 splendid fairy-wrens.
		Each wren represented on this gel was genotyped at three microsatellite loci, represented by blue, green, and yellow bands.
	www.oberlin.edu /biology/faculty/tarvin/wren.html (420 words)

	Wren
		Wren er en krybende og meget små bladet plante, der kun bliver op til 25 cm.
		Det er en god ide at vinterdække den.
	www.web-garden.dk /Wren.htm (37 words)

	fairy wren -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		"fairy wren." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
		also called Blue Wren, or Superb Warbler, any of the 14 species of the Australian genus Malurus of the songbird family Maluridae (sometimes placed in the warbler family Sylviidae).
		These common names, and bluecap, are given particularly to M.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033601?tocId=9033601&query=wren&ct=null (78 words)

	Results
		The male Superb Fairy-wren can be distinguished from half a dozen similar birds by having a white belly, a black eye-stripe that separates a blue crown from a blue cheek patch and not having a reddish-brown patch on the front edge of the wing.
		But if you have seen a small wren with patches of blue and black on the head throat and back, you’ve seen a male fairy-wren.
		Identifying which species you have seen is made doubly difficult by these birds habit of constantly flitting through thick undergrowth.
	www2.abc.net.au /science/birds/asp/query.asp?Action=Display&id=91 (111 words)

	fine_china21
		Well-known blue wrens of southern Australia, the male Splendid Fairy-Wren (top left) is entirely blue and black, the male Superb Fairy-Wren (bottom left and flight) has white beneath.
		The male of the Red-Backed Fairy-Wren has striking bold re-and black plumage, most dramatic when, the male makes display flights low between shrubs with scarlet back feathers fluffed out, becoming a living ball of fire.
		The females of both these and other fairy-wrens have only a touch of colour, usually confined to the tail.
	www.michaelmorcombe.com.au /fine_china21.html (190 words)

	Superb Fairy-wren bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon
		\nThe Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) is the best-known of all fairy-wrens, and in south-eastern Australia is frequently known simply as the blue wren.
	www.elexi.de /en/s/su/superb_fairy_wren.html (439 words)

	iffa.org.au - Superb Fairy-wren Coastal Survey
		The blue wrens, which stay all year round within a local territory, are an important indicator species for other bird species, which inhabit or visit these territories at different times of the year.
		Blue wrens feed on a broad range of small animal life, mainly insects and other invertebrates.
		We hope to recruit sufficient numbers to simultaneously have survey teams in all of the reserves where wrens occur.
	www.iffa.org.au /mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=2 (327 words)

	Factsheets: Superb Fairy-wren
		Superb Fairy-wrens are found south of the Tropic of Capricorn through eastern Australia and Tasmania to the south-eastern corner of South Australia.
		Adult male Superb Fairy-wrens are among the most brightly coloured of the species, especially during the breeding season.
		The Superb Fairy-wren gives a series of high pitched trills, which are given by both sexes.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/superb_fairy_wren.htm (454 words)

	superb - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Phrases that include superb: hms superb, superb fairy-wren, superb fairy wren, superb paradise bird, superb warber, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=superb&ls=a (188 words)

	Teaching Treasures Project Ideas Years 5-6 page 3
		The Fairy Wren attracted much attention when students visited the zoo.
		It encouraged one student to conduct more research as to where this bird could be found naturally, covering geography.
	www.teachingtreasures.com.au /K-10Projects/5-6Projects3.htm (243 words)

	BirdForum - male variegated fairy wren By Neil Fifer
		BirdForum - male variegated fairy wren By Neil Fifer
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=16133 (125 words)

	Greeting Card Red-winged Fairy Wren (Set of 5)
		This little wren is one of the most spectacular of the many beautiful varieties of Fairy Wrens which are widespread throughout Australia.
		Greeting Card Red-winged Fairy Wren (Set of 5)
		Wearing his courting plumage our male is accompanied by the much duller female whose colours are similar to those he will wear during the non breeding season.
	www.extonaustralia.com /prod327.htm (88 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Australia
		FAIRY GERYGONE (Gerygone palpebrosa) - 1 of race 'personata' at Iron Range on 28/6 and 1 of race 'flavida' along Mc Ewans Beach road on 2/7.
		Happy with our rapid success with the wrens we headed back to our vehicle but decided to try another final time for the wrens in a different area.
		We attracted a small group of about 8 individuals that responded well to the tape and in this group was a male but not in completely full breeding attire, still better than one in eclipse.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/australia/australia/austral.htm (15454 words)

	Cuckoos, Wrens in Escalating Evolutionary Arms Race
		The researchers suggest the superb fairy-wren's rejection of Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo nestlings is an evolutionary response to the cuckoo's success in mimicking their eggs.
		She said: "While many host birds are very good at spotting cuckoo eggs in nests, we never came across a case where a superb fairy-wren recognized this cuckoo's eggs."
		Naomi Langmore, from the Australian National University, who led the study, added: "The cuckoo lays such a good mimetic egg that the wrens have little chance of detecting it in their dark, dome-shaped nests."
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/03/0311_030312_cuckoo.html (608 words)

	Maluridae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The song of fairy-wrens is pleasant and complex, and at least two species (Superb and Splendid) possess, in addition to the alarm calls common to - and universally understood by - most small birds, another vocalization used when confronted by predators.
		Their obvious similarity to the wrens of Europe and America is not genetic, but simply the consequence of convergent evolution between more-or-less unrelated species that share the same ecological niche.
		Commonly known as wrens, they are unrelated to the true wrens of the Northern Hemisphere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maluridae (390 words)

	Cuckoos warned: don't mess with the superb fairy wren - smh.com.au
		In the war between cuckoos and the birds they trick into raising their young, Australia's superb fairy wrens have turned out to be the smartest of the lot.
		Dr Langmore, with British colleagues, discovered superb fairy wrens were the exception to the rule by studying more than 200 of their nests in Canberra's Campbell Park.
		The fact that the breeding season for wrens in Australia is much longer than for birds troubled by cuckoos in Europe may explain why it is worthwhile for the Australian wrens to re-nest and attempt a second family.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/03/13/1047431151091.html (433 words)

	News in Science - Native bird too smart for predatory cuckoo - 14/03/2003
		The Horsfield bronze-cuckoo has evolved its eggs to be a very similar size and shape as those of its unwilling host, the superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), a species native to Australia.
		Wrens lay their eggs over about five days, and it is important for the cuckoo to lay her egg in the middle of this period.
		The researchers established that one of the triggers for a wren to abandon its young is a single chick in the nest.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/s805357.htm (658 words)

	Kat Heywood, Flight Study, Superb Blue Fairy Wren, Malurus Cyaneus - picture 16
		Kat Heywood, Flight Study, Superb Blue Fairy Wren, Malurus Cyaneus - picture 16
		"Flight Study, Superb Blue Fairy Wren, Malurus Cyaneus"
	katchip.heywoodenamels.com /Kat_Heywood_picture_16.html (21 words)

	IV Centuries of Birds - Edward Aldrich's Variegated Fairy Wren at Clarke Galleries
		IV Centuries of Birds - Edward Aldrich's Variegated Fairy Wren at Clarke Galleries
	www.paintingsofbirds.com /Inventory_A_to_K/IV%20Centuries%20of%20Birds%20-%20Edward%20Aldrich's%20Variegated%20Fairy%20Wren%20at%20Clarke%20Galleries.htm (13 words)

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