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Fairywrens & Allies [Family: Maluridae]
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis)
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Purple-backed Fairywren purple_bk_fairywren_90574.psd

Photo of male Purple-backed Fairywren (nominate race, see note) in transition from breeding to eclipse plumage - note trace of rufous on shoulder and black below cheek.

ID: 90574
Photographer: © Ian Montgomery
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Location: Torrens Creek Northeastern Queensland Australia
Date & Time: 28/6/09 12:30:25 PM

Original size (pixels): width 1200, height 900

Aperture: f11.3
Shutter Speed: 1/1024 sec
Focal Length: 340.0 mm

Polytypic Purple-backed Fairywren is split from monotypic, nonsister Variegated Fairywren based on studies of narrow hybrid zone with limited gene flow (McLean et al. 2012, 2017). Split recognised (at October 2018) by IOC and eBird but not (yet) by BirdLife.

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Gallery revised on Friday, 26 October 2018