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Mixed Fairy-wren group

To: martin cachard <>
Subject: Mixed Fairy-wren group
From: David Stowe <>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 21:21:19 +1000
Hi Hannah,
I  have seen White-winged + Variegated, and Superb + Variegated, and Red-backed 
+ Superb together before so i assume it isn't that uncommon.
Cheers
Dave Stowe

On 08/05/2012, at 9:23 AM, martin cachard wrote:

> 
> Hi Hannah, Yes, you are spot on with your species ID for this individual 
> being a Superb Fairy-wren, but I am not so sure that it is necessarily a 
> female.I can't camment on mixed species groups as I've never seen any in my 
> own personal experience. Cheers for now,  Martin Cachard,  Cairns,  0428 782 
> 808  
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>> To: 
>> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 17:21:54 +1000
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus]  Mixed Fairy-wren group
>> 
>> 
>> On my regular walk along Police Creek (Gladstone QLD) this morning, I was 
>> pleased to note that Red-backed Fairy-wrens have returned (they have taken 
>> off for a while after their nesting site was sprayed and the grass died).  
>> Upon their return, they seemed to have picked up a female Superb Fairy-wren. 
>> There were 5 females in a group, one of which had a very distinct rufous eye 
>> band. Below is a link of two grab shots I managed, one of each species. 
>> 
>> Two questions for the group: 1. Can someone please confirm the ID of what I 
>> have called the Superb Fairy-wren? and, 2. Is it a common occurrence to find 
>> two species of Fairy-wrens within a group? 
>> 
>> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.596590223380.2080891.212901473&type=1&l=cbd81bac6a
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