Sentences with phrase «fairy wren»

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For an artist to capture in paint such spectacular birds as the splendid fairy wren and rainbow lorikeet is all but impossible, but here the photographs really do these stunning birds justice.

It's also a haven for wildlife including rare lizards (such as thorny devils and racehorse goannas), and magnificent birdlife such as emus and fairy wrens.

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Female fairy - wrens lay smaller eggs when «nanny» males are available to help feed the young, reducing the mothers» reproductive investment and increasing their survival.

In superb fairy - wrens (Malurus cyaneus), mothers breeding in the presence of helpers lay smaller eggs of lower nutritional content that produce lighter chicks, as compared with those laying eggs in the absence of helpers.

A team led by biologist Andrew Russell of the University of Sheffield, U.K., set out to evaluate the costs and benefits of cooperative breeding in the superb fairy - wren of southeastern Australia.

The behavior is key because fairy - wren embryos must learn a password from their mothers» incubation calls; otherwise, they're less successful at soliciting food from their parents after hatching.

The sounds included white noise, a contact call of a winter wren, or a female fairy - wren's incubation call.

Those embryos that listened to the fairy - wrens» incubation calls and the contact calls of the winter wrens lowered their heart rates, a sign that they were learning to discriminate between the calls of a different species and those of their own kind, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (None showed this response to the white noise.)

Now, researchers have demonstrated that the embryos of the superb fairy - wren (Malurus cyaneus, pictured), an Australian songbird, also learn to discriminate among the calls they hear.

The scientists played 1 - minute recordings to 43 fairy - wren eggs collected from nests in the wild.

Arakwal National Park is a 3 km drive from the town centre and is home to an array of amazing wildlife such as rare birds, the Superb Fairy - wren.