purple-backed fairywrens

A form of purple-backed fairywren — Any member of the species Malurus assimilis of fairywrens, of the Australia mainland except the east coast; formerly considered to be the same species as the variegated fairywren (Malurus lamberti).

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noun
  1. pluralplural of purple-backed fairywren
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