Doesn't really look like a Fairy-wren, besides the tail? Been stumped on this one for a while....
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I still think its a wren just fat and happy!
See it! Hear it!
Mid-North Coast NSW
Superb fairy-wren? Certainly *a* wren, but something not quite right about it - anyone else? :D
Hi lorikeet. It would help if I knew where the photo was taken but at this stage my best guess is a male white-winged fairy-wren in non-breeding plumage. Was your photo taken in white-winged fairy-wren territory?
As Woko said, it would be good to know where the photo was taken.Could be one of a few different female Wrens. All the juveniles start out without the red mark around the eye. Let's start with the location?
M-L
Apologies for that - it is the central coast of NSW so I believe negative on the White-winged variety. The lack of red around the eye is what got me stumped.
I just had a look through my wren photos. I now think it might be a male eclipse of a Superb Fairy-wren. If you take the few blue spost off my male that is changing into it's breeding colours, you can see no red around the eye and a dark beak. (If you have a close look at your wren, there could even a few little blue speckles starting to form around the eye?)
M-L
Good pick up, and superb photo! My low quality photo certainly doesn't make it easy. It did just look like a more distinct edging of the white chest with the brown, but my picture is deceiving. Thanks everyone for the comments!