Superb and Variegated Fairy-wrens

["Greg & Val Clancy" <>]

Hi Mark,

Although I have seen Superb, Variegated and Red-backed Fairy-wrens in mixed 
flocks in the Clarence Valley, north coast NSW, they usually prefer 
different habitats.  Red-backs love grasslands with some shrubs, 
particularly where Blady Grass grows.  VFWs prefer thick undergrowth such as 
low heathland and areas with Bracken Fern and Superbs can tolerate more open 
environments like open wetlands and woodlands as long as there is enough 
cover to avoid predators and to find a nesting site.  This is generalising 
but you would not expect VFWs to be as common in modified environments as 
Superbs.
Regards

Greg Clancy
Ecologist and Birding Guide
Coutts Crossing
NSW