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Emblem?

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Well blow me down...The Superb Fairy-wren is used as an emblem by the Bird Observation & Conservation Australia.[1]

  1. ^ Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (2005). "Home Page - Bird Observation & Conservation Australia". Bird Observation & Conservation Australia. Retrieved 2007-10-13.

Note to self

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[1] [2] [3] Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:34, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative text

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Missing and required see WP:ALT. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 06:24, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, on it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:36, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I need to sleep now. If someone has a hankering to reformat the gallery as per Wikipedia:Alternative text for images segment on galleries, be my guest, otherwise I can do it sometime tomorrow. Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:13, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Courtship picture

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Is there any available photo of their courtship display? It seems like the most unusual aspect of this species. Brutannica (talk) 20:10, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wish! Would be great to get one I agree...Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:38, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mature Non-breeding male

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A picture of a mature non-breeding male seems like a glaring omission in this article. I have such a picture here File:Malurus cyaneus non-breeding male - Knocklofty.jpg but not quite sure where it should go. JJ Harrison (talk) 11:16, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think swapping it for the male vocalising in the gallery - that image doesn't show us anything new. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:28, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Malurus cyaneus PM.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Malurus cyaneus PM.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 28, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-06-28. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 16:30, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Male Superb Fairywren
The Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) is a passerine bird common and familiar across south-eastern Australia. The species is sedentary and territorial, also exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism: the male in breeding plumage (shown here) has a striking bright blue forehead, ear coverts, mantle, and tail, with a black mask and black or dark blue throat, while non-breeding males, females and juveniles are predominantly grey-brown in colour.Photo: JJ Harrison
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There is no link to the German page, but it exists: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australische_S%C3%A4nger A German wikipedia user — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.152.248.255 (talk) 16:13, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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==General==
  • I'm always iffy with abbreviated author names :in this case, it obscure otherwise obvious relationships with people mentioned in the text. Not to mention it's inconsistent across the article.
  • Some references are templatized and others not.
  • You tend not to use a pronoun after "though" in this article, but it sounds really strange to me.

==Intro==

  • While the intro should summarize the article, and I personally have nothing against placing the taxonomy first, I don,t think starting with the subspecies is such a good idea. (moved)
  • "the best-known of all fairy-wrens" is an odd phrase to put in an intro, especially taking into account that this is a small family restricted to Australasia. (yeah. took it out)
  • Maybe fairy-wren would best redirect to malurus (?) (yes indeed, as maluridae contains emu-wrens and grasswrens)  Done
  • though does supplement its diet with seeds
    • Maybe add a "it" here (funny that. Sounds smoother to me without the 'it' but that maybe just me. If makes more sense globally to stick it in I will as it's only two little letters..)
      • Maybe a dialects thing... *shrugs*

==Taxonomy==

  • "Sister species" is rather unnecessarily technical, even if you link sister taxon. "closest relative" (or something similar) should be enough.  Done
  • Does one really "collect" birds? (yeah, that was teh verb given. I'm musing on this but bit stumped for an alternative verb to describe picking a little birdy and taking it back to the UK for describing..)
    • "The original specimen was captured"? (hmmm...captured to me implies hunted like some sort of trophy or something (though these'd make a pretty small one!), gotta ruminate on this some more..)
  • I seem to recall reclassification also triggers parentheses in Zoological usage, but it's always been confusing to me.
  • The genus Malurus later described by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816 to give the bird its current scientific name.
    • I think you're missing a verb  Done
  • of the Murray River and Coorong regions in southeastern South Australia
    • The last part seems like mild overkill to me.  Done
  • Color me stupid, but shouldn't we at least consider giving author and date for subspecies?  Done

==Description==

  • "ear covert" is mildly jargonic, "barbule" makes the needle jump straight into the red.
  • The part on vocal communication that is not descriptive should probably be integrated in "Behaviour" (must admit I'm not keen on splitting up voice stuff but I do understand rationale as it really is all about behaviour. I'll look at at it again to see if there's a natural split I can take advantage of, otherwise the best bet maybe to move the lot).
(Yeah, normally voice stuff is pretty perfunctory - bird calls 'tweet' etc. whihc is straightforward to just slot into description, just with this little critter there's been loads of fascinating stuff come out..there's the rub) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Casliber (talk • contribs) 02:07, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

==Behaviour==

  • "allopreening"
    • hum... tatsy jargon (allopreening changed to mutual preening (or preening each other better?))
      • "mutual preening" is a very good expression. (big sigh of relief)
  • Why are only shrike-thrushes linked to their  Done - fixed other end too.

==Diet==

  • This does render them vulnerable to a range of predators
    • That makes 2 sentences one after the other starting with "this" (ok, swapped clauses to break up this's)

==Courtship==

  • and show them to conspecifics
    • Almost choke on his milk* "conspecifics" Come on! (haha - that was left from an older edit and editor)
  • pairs will bond for life, but regularly mate with other individuals
    • I somehow doubt pairs "mate with other individuals" (you never know...)
  • Two or more broods may be laid the an extended breeding season.
    • Not sure what's going on there. Looks like you finished a different sentence than what you started with. (the --> in (oops))
  • assuming a senior position (meaning dominant or co-dominant - will get some more info to clarify)
    • This is an odd, to say the least, formulation.

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Photoshopped Image

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The picture of the male and female pair has been heavily edited. I believe it is a composite of at least two different pictures and the male's features have been heavily exaggerated with increased brightness, contrast and saturation:

https://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=4bc98f1c3049cde3799fa8277bdf0da1942e19ed.391666&fmt=ela

I know virtually all digital images are post-produced to some degree, but composites and selective exaggeration seems out of place in a reference context. 2.98.207.195 (talk) 11:33, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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