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Purple-crowned fairywren male in nuptial plumage
Purple-crowned fairywrens are unusually faithful for fairywrens, with extra-pair paternity recorded at rates as low as 5%, far lower than in most other species.
Photograph: Howard Loosemore
See more at:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/nov/09/the-tiny-world-of-australian-fairy-wrens-howard-loosmore-photography
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