Individual superb fairy-wrens help their families and friends before helping strangers, suggesting these songbirds recognize which social tier individual birds belong to A pair of adult superb ...

After years studying wild birds in the bush, Flinders University experts have described a new call type frequently used by one of Australia's favorite birds, the superb fairy-wren. Subscribe to our ...

For the first time, scientists have found a bird species–Australia’s superb fairy-wren–that can spot a murderer. The killers are chicks of a particularly aggressive cuckoo species. The crime begins ...

Cooperation among different species of birds is common. Some birds build their nests near those of larger, more aggressive species to deter predators, and flocks of mixed species forage for food and ...

Australian National University research has revealed the ACT's superb fairy-wren population has declined by 60 per cent since counting began in the 1980s. Over the last three months there's been a ...

Biologists have examined the factors that drive the predation levels of Australia's fairy wrens. After measuring attack rates on both conspicuously and dull colored 3D fairy wren models in various ...

Scientists show how two different species of Australian fairy-wrens not only recognize individual birds from other species, but also form long-term partnerships that help them forage and defend their ...