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.

A similar pattern of decline associated with damage to riparian vegetation by livestock was reported for the Kimberley by Smith and Johnstone (1977). Increased flood energy due to rangeland degradation has also destroyed some areas of riparian vegetation. Heavy weed invasion may also have adverse effects now and in the future. Recent studies (by A-M van Doorn) have indicated very low breeding success, largely due to nest predation. This study site is now known to contain the exotic black rat Rattus rattus, a known voracious nest predator.