Lovely Fairywren
英文名：Lovely Fairywren（学名：Malurus amabilis），是雀形目细尾鹩莺科的鸟类。11.5–13 厘米。雄鸟，繁殖羽：似杂色细尾鹩莺，但尾短而圆，端部具宽阔的白色。头顶和颊斑较 Variegated 明显更圆，为亮浅蓝色；胸黑色；下体白色。雄鸟，蚀羽：部分雄鸟换羽后呈完全似雌鸟的羽衣，另一些仅部分换羽。雌鸟：蓝色最浓的雌性细尾鹩莺：嘴黑色；眼先和眼圈白色；耳羽和颈侧深天蓝色；上体亮灰蓝色；下体白色。尾短，灰蓝色，端部具宽阔白色，外侧羽毛具白色羽缘。幼鸟：似暗淡的雌鸟；嘴黑褐色；尾较长。成对、家族群活动：在灌丛、雨林及沼泽林地的灌木／树木间跳跃搜寻，从落叶层至 15 米以上高处，持续鸣叫，翘起并摆动白端尾羽。
Lovely Fairywren
11.5-13 cm. Male, breeding: like Variegated Fairy-wren but with short, rounded tail, broadly tipped white. Crown and cheek patch notably rounder than Variegated, bright pale blue; breast black; underparts white. Male, eclipse: some males moult into complete female-like plumage, others moult only partially. Female: bluest female fairy-wren: bill black; lores and eye-ring white; ear coverts and side of neck deep sky-blue; upperparts bright grey-blue; underparts white. Tail short, grey-blue broadly tipped white, outer feathers edged white. Immature: like dull female; bill blackish brown; tail longer. Pairs, family parties: hop-searches in shrubs/trees of scrub, rainforest and swamp woodland from leaf litter to 15 m+ high, calling continually, cocking and flirting white-tipped tail.
- Similar Species
- Variegated Fairy-wren, race assimilis, female: deep chestnut lores and eye-ring; underparts buff-white; both sexes, tails longer.
- Voice
- soft, drawn-out 'prip's; brisk single reel.
- Habitat
- margins, clearings/tracks in rainforest; vine scrub, swamp woodland, mangroves; well-vegetated watercourses; wastelands.
- Breeding
- any month, but mostly July-Dec.
- Nest
- rough domed structure, of grass, bark, leaf skeletons, grass stems, spiders' web; lined with fine grass, paperbark, fur, feathers.
- Eggs
- 2-3; creamy white, very finely, sparingly flecked red-brown, in faint zone at large end.
- Range & Status
- ne. Q: from Townsville-Atherton Tableland to C. York Pen., s. on w. coast to c. Edward R. Common. Sedentary.
