Fairy Wren plumages

["Greg Little" <>]

Gooday Aus birders

 

Can someone please describe or forward an article about or direct me to a
source for information on the plumage changes in Fairy-wrens. We were at
Cattai Wetlands recently and a friend took a heap of photos of Superb Blue
and Red-backed Fairy Wrens. The males were in "eclipse" plumage. The HANZAB
does not appear to have a lot of information about the moult stages other
than saying there is the eclipse moult and a prebreeding moult. I had always
thought that older males retained their full blue plumage year round.

 

Thanks 

 

Greg Little

 

 

Greg Little - Principal Consultant

General Flora and Fauna

PO Box 526

Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia

Ph 02 49556609

Fx 02 49556671

www.gff.com.au

 

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