variegated fairywren Malurus lamberti

The variegated fairywren is a fairywren that lives in diverse habitats across most of Australia. Four subspecies are recognised. In a species that exhibits sexual dimorphism, the brightly coloured breeding male has chestnut shoulders and azure crown and ear coverts, while non-breeding males, females and juveniles have predominantly grey-brown plumage, although females of the subspecies ''rogersi'' and ''dulcis'' have mainly blue-grey plumage.