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Fairywrens & Allies [Family: Maluridae]
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Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)
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Variegated Fairywren variegatedfairywren_151104.psd

Photo of male Variegated Fairywren (sensu stricto, see note) in breeding plumage.

ID: 151104
Photographer: © Ian Montgomery
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Location: Port Hacking New South Wales Australia
Date & Time: 6/12/12 4:50:34 AM

Original size (pixels): width 1200, height 900

Aperture: f7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/800 sec
Focal Length: 500.0 mm

Polytypic Purple-backed Fairywren is split from monotypic, nonsister Variegated Fairywren based on studies of narrow hybrid zone with limited gene flow (McLean et al. 2012, 2017). Split recognised (at October 2018) by IOC and eBird but not (yet) by BirdLife.

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Gallery revised on Friday, 26 October 2018