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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201369471
eBird checklist S64821108
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rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
30 Oct 2009
Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
A female perched looking around. Elevation: 63 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 20
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201994951
eBird checklist S65200610
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rating 4
5 ratings
Robert Humphries
23 Aug 2019
Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
A partly-coloured male Variegated Fairy-wren perching. The western race of the V
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201994941
eBird checklist S65200610
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Robert Humphries
23 Aug 2019
Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
A fully-coloured male Variegated Fairy-wren perching in a thorny shrub . The wes
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201369491
eBird checklist S64821108
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
30 Oct 2009
Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
A female perched looking around and moving. Elevation: 63 m. Date added to IBC:
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201369481
eBird checklist S64821108
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
30 Oct 2009
Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Media notes
A male perched and moving on vegetation (50% speed). Elevation: 63 m. Date added
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Lavender-flanked)
Malurus assimilis dulcis/rogersi
ML201605531
eBird checklist S65096597
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rating 4
5 ratings
Martin Kennewell
6 Aug 2007
West Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia
Media notes
views of two males. Lavender-flanked Fairy-wren. Elevation: 68 m. Date added to
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201993011
eBird checklist S65200596
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rating 3
5 ratings
Robert Humphries
24 Jun 2019
Murchison, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
A pair of Variegated Fairy-wrens foraging early on a morning after rain. The Var
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Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201785121
eBird checklist S65140378
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rating 3
5 ratings
Philip Griffin
14 Apr 2006
Mid Murray, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
A female plumaged bird preening on a branch and then flying off. Elevation: 84 m
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Behaviors
Flying
Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201294341
eBird checklist S65090353
Report
rating 3
5 ratings
Tom Tarrant
4 Dec 2015
Unincorporated SA, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
Male feeding in small bush. Captured with a Canon Powershot SX50 HS camera. Elev
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML200907931
eBird checklist S64960441
Report
rating 3
5 ratings
Pieter de Groot Boersma
8 Sep 2014
Unincorporated SA, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
A male in full breeding plumage moving about in a dead tree. Endemic to Australi
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Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML372796051
eBird checklist S95223310
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rating 3
1 rating
Michael Ramsey
27 Sep 2021
Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Purple-backed Fairywren
Malurus assimilis
ML616578024
eBird checklist S166114579
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rating 3
1 rating
Bryan Baker
27 Mar 2024
Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML502029941
eBird checklist S121025520
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Robert Humphries
21 Oct 2022
Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia
Media notes
A female Purple-backed Fairywren hopping through dead vegetation. Video has bee
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Age and sex
Adult Female - 1
Sounds
Non-vocal
Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML201719701
eBird checklist S65106758
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rating 2
5 ratings
Peter Waanders
7 Jan 2006
Loxton Waikerie, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
A male on a branch and then on the ground, looking for food. Elevation: 36 m. Da
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Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Purple-backed Fairywren (Purple-backed)
Malurus assimilis assimilis/bernieri
ML200907941
eBird checklist S64960441
Report
rating 2
5 ratings
Pieter de Groot Boersma
8 Sep 2014
Unincorporated SA, South Australia, Australia
Media notes
Two views of a male in full breeding plumage, repeated in slow motion. Endemic t
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