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Appearance
![Male Red-winged Fairy-wren in nuptial plumage](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Red_winged_wren_MR_walk_3_email.jpg/300px-Red_winged_wren_MR_walk_3_email.jpg)
The red-winged fairy-wren (Malurus elegans) is a species of passerine bird in the family Maluridae. It is sedentary and endemic to the southwestern corner of Western Australia. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism, the male adopts a brilliantly coloured breeding plumage, with an iridescent silvery-blue crown, ear coverts and upper back, red shoulders, contrasting with a black throat, grey-brown tail and wings and pale underparts. Photo credit: Cas Liber