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The Superb Fairywren is common throughout most of the relatively wet and fertile south-eastern corner of the continent, from the south-east of South Australia ( including Kangaroo Island and Adelaide ) and the tip of the Eyre Peninsula, through all of Victoria, Tasmania, coastal and sub-coastal New South Wales and Queensland, through the Brisbane area and extending inland – north to the Dawson River and west to Blackall ; it is a common bird in the suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
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The Superb Fairywren ( Malurus cyaneus ), also known as the Superb Blue-wren or colloquially as the Blue Wren, is a passerine bird of the family Maluridae, common and familiar across southeastern Australia.
Like other fairywrens, the Superb Fairywren is notable for several peculiar behavioural characteristics ; the birds are socially monogamous and sexually promiscuous, meaning that although they form pairs between one male and one female, each partner will mate with other individuals and even assist in raising the young from such pairings.
The Superb Fairywren can be found in almost any area that has at least a little dense undergrowth for shelter, including grasslands with scattered shrubs, moderately thick forest, woodland, heaths, and domestic gardens.
The Superb Fairywren mainly eats insects and supplements its diet with seeds.
The Superb Fairywren is one of 12 species of the genus Malurus, commonly known as fairywrens, found in Australia and lowland New Guinea.
Within the genus, the Superb Fairywren's closest relative is the Splendid Fairywren ; these two " Blue wrens " are also related to the Purple-crowned Fairywren of northwestern Australia.
William Anderson, surgeon and naturalist on Captain James Cook's third voyage, collected the first Superb Fairywren specimen in 1777 while traveling off the coast of eastern Tasmania, in Bruny Island's Adventure Bay.
Like other fairywrens, the Superb Fairywren is unrelated to the true wren.
In the east, the Superb Fairywren spread into Tasmania during a glacial period when the sea level was low and the island was connected with the rest of the continent via a land bridge.
The Superb Fairywren is 14 cm ( 5½ in ) long and weighs 8 – 13 g ( 0. 28 – 0. 46 oz ), with males on average slightly larger than females.
Like other fairywrens, the Superb Fairywren is notable for its marked sexual dimorphism, males adopting a highly visible breeding plumage of brilliant iridescent blue contrasting with black and grey-brown.
Like all fairywrens, the Superb Fairywren is an active and restless feeder, particularly on open ground near shelter, but also through the lower foliage.
The Superb Fairywren is a cooperative breeding species, with pairs or groups of 3 – 5 birds maintaining and defending small territories year-round.
Several courtship displays by Superb Fairywren males have been recorded.
The Superb Fairywren is used as an emblem by the Bird Observation & Conservation Australia.
On 12 August 1999, a Superb Fairywren was mistakenly illustrated for an Australia Post 45c pre-stamped envelope meant to depict a Splendid Fairywren.
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The Superb Lyrebird is the larger of the two species.
Albert's Lyrebird is slightly smaller at a maximum of 90 cm ( male ) and 84 cm ( female ) ( around 30-35 inches ) They have smaller, less spectacular lyrate feathers than the Superb Lyrebird, but are otherwise similar.
The Superb Lyrebird is found in areas of rainforest in Victoria, New South Wales and south-east Queensland, as well as in Tasmania where it was introduced in the 19th century.
Within the male territories the males create or use display platforms, in the case of the Superb Lyrebird it is a mound of bare soil, in the Albert's Lyrebird it is simply a pile of twigs on the forest floor.
The song of the Superb Lyrebird is a mixture of seven elements of its own song and any number of other mimicked songs and noises.
An instructive example of this is the population of Superb Lyrebirds in Tasmania, which have retained the calls of species not native to Tasmania in their repertoire, but have also added some local Tasmanian endemic bird noises.
* A male Superb Lyrebird is featured on the reverse of the Australian 10 cent coin.
* A silhouette of a male Superb Lyrebird is the logo of the Australian Film Commission
* An illustration of a male Superb Lyrebird, in courtship display, is the emblem of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
* The pattern on the curtains of the Victorian State Theatre is the image of a male Superb Lyrebird, in courtship display, as viewed from the front.
* A stylised illustration of part of a male Superb Lyrebird's tail is the logo for the Lyrebird Arts Council of Victoria.
Although very beautiful, the male lyrebird's tail is not held as in John Gould's painting, nor as in the portrayal of the Superb Lyrebird on the 1932 postage stamp ( featured on this page above the photo of John Gould's painting ).
Instead, the male lyrebird's tail is fanned over the lyrebird during courtship display, with the tail completely covering his head and back — as can be seen in the image at the top of this page, where the Superb Lyrebird's tail ( in courtship display ) is portrayed accurately.
The Superb Lyrebird, once seriously threatened by habitat destruction, is now classified as common.
The park is part of the South-west Slopes of NSW Important Bird Area ( IBA ), identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of Swift Parrots and Superb Parrots.
* Bird House, where guests and birds are separated by piano wire, features birds as varied as Bald Eagle, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Hyacinth Macaw, Burrowing Owl, Toco Toucan, Cape Thick-Knee, Golden Pheasant, Kookaburra, Mariana Fruit-dove, King Vulture, Horned Guan, Superb Starling, Tawny Frogmouth, and the Guam Kingfisher, which is Extinct in the Wild.
The song of fairywrens 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.
) Finally, Attenborough introduces the Superb Lyrebird as one of the most versatile performers: it is a skilled mimic, and this particular one imitates not only other species, but also cameras, a car alarm and a chain saw.
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Shortly after the First Fleet's arrival at Port Jackson, Sydney, the bird gained the common name Superb Warbler.
In his 1982 monograph, ornithologist Richard Schodde proposed a southern origin for the common ancestor of the Superb and Splendid Fairywrens.
Some of the most common birds found on the promontory include Crimson Rosellas, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos and Superb Fairywrens.
Habitat loss is a primary threat, but the Superb Fruit Dove is still fairly widespread and common throughout its large range.
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