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
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