Colours
Distinguishing features
Size
- Up to 15 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Up to 16 cm
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
The range of the Blue-breasted Wren is inland south-western Western Australia and the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Originally it was thought to only occur in Western Australia, but was later found in the more eastward area, where it was for sometime mistaken for one of the many forms of the Variegated Wren, Malurus lamberti. The distribution of the species is unusual in that there is a gap in their range of three hundred kilometres; from the head of the Great Australian Bight to their reappearance on Eyre Peninsula (Wikipedia).
Behaviour
It is not a common species, and being secretive by nature it is not an easy bird to observe. However, the females may be induced to show themselves if the wren distress call is imitated. The adult males are even more shy than the females and are usually only glimpsed skulking in the bushes. (Wikipedia)
Diet
Blue-breasted Wrens are predominately ground feeders, taking beetles, grubs, ants, weevils flies, wasps and other small invertebrates. (Wikipedia)
