Meet The Purple-Crowned Fairy-Wren, The Most Faithful Of All The Fairy-Wrens (7 Pics)

The purple crowned fairy-wren is not an easy bird to miss. With its unique violet-purple crown and perky blue tail grabbing all the attention. It’s quite a small, shy bird and while colouring of plumage will vary according to age, mostly they are brown above, white below, with a long, perky blue tail.

Purple-crowned fairy-wrens prefer thick riparian vegetation, typically of canegrass and/or pandanus, but also dense patchy shrubs up to 3 m. Purple-crowned fairy-wrens live in small family groups of 2-6+ birds. They are territorial and sedentary, feeding in loose groups in the undergrowth or on the ground. They remain in contact using a soft chirping.