Superb Fairy-wren
Malurus cyaneus
ABR description
The following is extracted from the Annual Bird Report for the twelve months to June 2017.
Common, breeding resident
Found where dense cover for nesting is adjacent to open spaces for foraging.
General: As with last year, increased observer effort has resulted in another increase (11%) in records this year but a very slight decrease in the numbers of individual birds observed (26582), from 62% of grid cells (64% last year). Reporting rate (29%) just under last year (32%) and both 10YA (36%) and 30YA (38%). From all weeks with marginally higher proportions of records in spring and summer than the other seasons. Generally, records have tripled over 30 years and numbers of birds have increased rapidly, but abundance remains reasonably stable. Max 106/14 Jul JWNR (DaC1), mean 6.6 and median 4. Breeding records commenced with br/10 Jul Greenway (CnM1) and finished with dy/19 Feb LGin Pen (AlB1).
GBS: 994 records (1338 last year) from 47 sites (80%) from all weeks. Abundance and number of birds down on last year but all up on long-term values. Mean 3.3, median 3 and max 24/4wk Apr Curtin (AjR1). 21 breeding records (14 last year) commencing with di/2wk Sep Curtin (AjR1) and concluding with nb/3wk Mar Red Hill (WaR4).
Abundance
Abundance is the average number of birds of that species per survey. Where the species was observed (presence recorded) but the number of birds seen was not recorded, this is treated as a count of zero.
Abundance by year
This chart shows the abundance of Superb Fairy-wren between 1982 and 2017. 
Abundance by month
This chart shows the monthly abundance of Superb Fairy-wren. The blue lines show the abundance for the twelve months to June 2017 and the bars show the average abundance for the period 1982 to 2017. 
Abundance by season
This chart shows the seasonal abundance of Superb Fairy-wren. The blue lines show the seasonal abundance for the twelve months to June 2017 and the bars show the average seasonal abundance for the period 1982 to 2017. 
Abundance data
| Month | Season | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | All | ||
| All years | |||||||||||||||||||
| All | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| Previous years | |||||||||||||||||||
| All previous years | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| Previous 30 years | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| Previous 20 years | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | ||
| 10 year groups | |||||||||||||||||||
| [2007,2017) | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| [1997,2007) | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| [1987,1997) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 5 year groups | |||||||||||||||||||
| [2012,2017) | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | ||
| [2007,2012) | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| [2002,2007) | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| [1997,2002) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| [1992,1997) | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| [1987,1992) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| Year | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 2016 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 2015 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 2014 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 2013 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2012 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2011 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 2010 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 2009 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2008 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 2007 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2006 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 | ||
| 2005 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 2004 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 2003 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 2002 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | ||
| 2001 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | ||
| 2000 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1999 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | ||
| 1998 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1997 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1996 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1995 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 1994 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 1993 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 1992 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 1991 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 1990 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1989 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 1988 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 1987 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||
| 1986 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 31.1 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 16.0 | 4.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 1985 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 1984 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 1983 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
| 1982 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Reporting rates
Reporting rate is the proportion of all surveys in which the species was present.
Reporting rate by year
This chart shows the reporting rate of Superb Fairy-wren each year between 1982 and 2017. 
Reporting rate by month
This chart shows the reporting rate by month of Superb Fairy-wren. The blue lines show the reporting rate for the twelve months to June 2017 and the bars show the average reporting rate for the period 1982 to 2017. 
Reporting rate by season
This chart shows the seasonal reporting rate of Superb Fairy-wren. The blue lines show the seasonal reporting rate for the twelve months to June 2017 and the bars show the average seasonal reporting rate for the period 1982 to 2017. 
Reporting rate data
| Month | Season | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | All | ||
| All years | |||||||||||||||||||
| All | 39.1 | 40.6 | 37.5 | 41.9 | 36.6 | 33.5 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 30.9 | 34.0 | 37.7 | 31.7 | 36.5 | 39.1 | 38.3 | 33.8 | 37.0 | ||
| Previous years | |||||||||||||||||||
| All previous years | 40.3 | 42.4 | 38.4 | 42.9 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 42.7 | 41.3 | 32.2 | 35.6 | 40.9 | 33.5 | 38.1 | 40.1 | 39.3 | 35.7 | 38.4 | ||
| Previous 30 years | 40.1 | 42.4 | 38.1 | 42.7 | 37.0 | 34.1 | 42.5 | 41.3 | 31.9 | 35.4 | 40.7 | 33.4 | 38.0 | 39.8 | 39.1 | 35.4 | 38.2 | ||
| Previous 20 years | 37.8 | 40.7 | 36.3 | 41.7 | 34.5 | 31.8 | 41.2 | 39.1 | 29.3 | 32.7 | 37.7 | 30.3 | 35.4 | 38.2 | 37.2 | 32.6 | 36.0 | ||
| 10 year groups | |||||||||||||||||||
| [2007,2017) | 39.1 | 39.8 | 37.3 | 42.4 | 36.9 | 34.1 | 41.0 | 37.4 | 28.9 | 30.7 | 36.7 | 30.8 | 35.6 | 39.6 | 37.7 | 31.4 | 36.3 | ||
| [1997,2007) | 35.5 | 42.8 | 34.1 | 39.5 | 29.8 | 27.3 | 41.9 | 43.6 | 30.4 | 38.0 | 40.4 | 29.3 | 34.9 | 34.7 | 36.0 | 35.3 | 35.2 | ||
| [1987,1997) | 48.5 | 47.3 | 47.4 | 48.7 | 45.2 | 47.1 | 50.2 | 51.3 | 46.2 | 49.1 | 51.8 | 48.8 | 48.2 | 47.1 | 49.5 | 48.9 | 48.3 | ||
| 5 year groups | |||||||||||||||||||
| [2012,2017) | 39.4 | 40.5 | 38.3 | 42.5 | 37.0 | 37.2 | 39.7 | 35.7 | 28.9 | 30.8 | 34.2 | 31.1 | 36.4 | 39.8 | 37.8 | 30.9 | 36.4 | ||
| [2007,2012) | 38.2 | 37.3 | 35.1 | 42.2 | 36.5 | 27.5 | 45.4 | 44.8 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 43.7 | 30.3 | 33.7 | 39.2 | 37.5 | 32.8 | 36.2 | ||
| [2002,2007) | 35.2 | 43.1 | 33.6 | 38.5 | 30.6 | 29.0 | 39.2 | 43.3 | 30.0 | 37.8 | 37.0 | 25.6 | 33.2 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 34.2 | 34.4 | ||
| [1997,2002) | 36.0 | 42.5 | 34.8 | 40.9 | 28.9 | 25.2 | 45.0 | 43.9 | 30.9 | 38.2 | 44.4 | 34.5 | 37.3 | 34.9 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 36.3 | ||
| [1992,1997) | 31.1 | 25.5 | 26.7 | 29.6 | 33.1 | 26.1 | 29.7 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 31.8 | 23.3 | 26.3 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 27.5 | 28.2 | ||
| [1987,1992) | 56.3 | 59.2 | 57.1 | 59.1 | 51.0 | 56.3 | 61.5 | 59.7 | 58.8 | 62.0 | 62.1 | 63.3 | 59.5 | 55.6 | 59.1 | 61.0 | 58.6 | ||
| Year | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 31.5 | 31.3 | 30.8 | 33.9 | 31.7 | 28.0 | 38.8 | 30.4 | 23.4 | 24.1 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 27.5 | 32.3 | 32.8 | 23.7 | 29.2 | ||
| 2016 | 39.2 | 36.8 | 36.3 | 34.7 | 32.2 | 30.5 | 33.4 | 32.4 | 25.0 | 26.7 | 30.2 | 29.4 | 35.0 | 34.6 | 32.2 | 27.0 | 31.9 | ||
| 2015 | 33.6 | 43.8 | 41.4 | 42.3 | 31.7 | 37.4 | 32.9 | 31.2 | 27.3 | 26.5 | 30.1 | 27.6 | 33.7 | 39.0 | 33.7 | 27.8 | 33.7 | ||
| 2014 | 40.6 | 43.3 | 33.8 | 48.8 | 47.8 | 43.8 | 50.1 | 38.4 | 29.9 | 37.6 | 36.8 | 37.6 | 39.9 | 44.1 | 45.4 | 34.1 | 41.3 | ||
| 2013 | 49.5 | 44.8 | 43.5 | 51.1 | 50.0 | 39.2 | 46.3 | 44.9 | 34.9 | 39.5 | 46.9 | 26.0 | 39.0 | 48.6 | 43.1 | 39.0 | 43.1 | ||
| 2012 | 39.9 | 40.2 | 36.7 | 43.6 | 35.2 | 44.2 | 45.2 | 47.8 | 36.0 | 35.5 | 44.9 | 39.5 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 45.4 | 37.7 | 40.8 | ||
| 2011 | 39.8 | 30.4 | 39.5 | 45.5 | 37.6 | 29.2 | 56.2 | 56.2 | 31.9 | 37.0 | 40.7 | 32.6 | 33.6 | 42.4 | 46.0 | 36.3 | 40.1 | ||
| 2010 | 45.8 | 39.5 | 39.3 | 44.0 | 33.0 | 30.5 | 46.4 | 30.6 | 24.4 | 28.1 | 51.0 | 28.2 | 34.5 | 40.3 | 36.3 | 30.5 | 36.1 | ||
| 2009 | 39.6 | 41.7 | 33.1 | 40.7 | 36.2 | 21.7 | 37.3 | 36.7 | 34.0 | 25.8 | 35.9 | 26.6 | 33.7 | 37.8 | 30.7 | 31.0 | 34.2 | ||
| 2008 | 36.6 | 43.5 | 30.3 | 41.4 | 36.9 | 26.1 | 53.2 | 42.6 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 39.6 | 31.8 | 36.1 | 37.8 | 37.5 | 29.1 | 35.3 | ||
| 2007 | 28.6 | 32.4 | 33.2 | 39.6 | 40.5 | 27.5 | 31.1 | 44.3 | 25.1 | 34.2 | 56.1 | 31.3 | 31.0 | 37.9 | 31.8 | 35.1 | 34.4 | ||
| 2006 | 35.5 | 38.8 | 30.0 | 37.3 | 21.4 | 25.7 | 43.8 | 41.5 | 30.8 | 31.7 | 39.1 | 27.2 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 36.6 | 32.8 | 33.1 | ||
| 2005 | 26.5 | 34.6 | 29.7 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 21.5 | 34.0 | 40.2 | 29.0 | 32.2 | 37.8 | 17.9 | 23.8 | 30.3 | 28.7 | 32.8 | 29.1 | ||
| 2004 | 33.7 | 43.4 | 28.4 | 40.7 | 23.8 | 25.8 | 33.9 | 35.4 | 22.8 | 35.7 | 35.0 | 23.9 | 33.5 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 30.3 | 31.4 | ||
| 2003 | 43.6 | 48.9 | 42.4 | 36.3 | 34.9 | 36.9 | 37.8 | 51.1 | 31.8 | 41.5 | 33.3 | 29.8 | 40.0 | 38.0 | 41.8 | 35.9 | 38.8 | ||
| 2002 | 38.3 | 47.5 | 37.8 | 47.2 | 39.0 | 32.7 | 45.3 | 42.8 | 34.1 | 48.2 | 40.0 | 31.7 | 38.0 | 41.6 | 38.2 | 40.2 | 39.5 | ||
| 2001 | 40.4 | 45.8 | 41.5 | 48.7 | 43.8 | 37.7 | 54.0 | 60.8 | 32.2 | 36.6 | 50.3 | 33.0 | 39.4 | 44.3 | 49.3 | 37.9 | 42.8 | ||
| 2000 | 48.4 | 58.8 | 41.4 | 48.5 | 34.3 | 24.1 | 49.2 | 45.7 | 33.9 | 48.2 | 41.8 | 41.9 | 49.2 | 41.5 | 38.2 | 41.0 | 41.8 | ||
| 1999 | 35.3 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 34.0 | 25.3 | 25.6 | 37.2 | 37.9 | 34.6 | 40.7 | 47.7 | 45.3 | 40.3 | 31.0 | 33.2 | 40.9 | 36.3 | ||
| 1998 | 24.3 | 30.2 | 26.8 | 22.8 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 38.2 | 17.0 | 12.9 | 20.5 | 25.9 | 13.3 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 17.0 | 20.4 | ||
| 1997 | 11.5 | 20.7 | 12.7 | 30.3 | 15.4 | 8.7 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 27.5 | 22.0 | 26.7 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 18.2 | 14.2 | 24.2 | 17.4 | ||
| 1996 | 31.3 | 13.8 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 22.4 | 11.8 | 23.4 | 25.9 | 24.1 | 22.2 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 18.8 | 20.5 | ||
| 1995 | 28.0 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 20.9 | 19.5 | 31.0 | 27.0 | 28.6 | 22.6 | 26.0 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 18.8 | 26.2 | 25.4 | 22.5 | ||
| 1994 | 37.3 | 39.0 | 45.6 | 44.2 | 42.6 | 30.4 | 36.8 | 27.6 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 31.3 | 43.8 | 32.0 | 19.1 | 31.4 | ||
| 1993 | 28.6 | 38.5 | 21.0 | 36.0 | 50.0 | 41.3 | 36.7 | 40.6 | 33.3 | 38.3 | 32.5 | 30.4 | 33.2 | 36.0 | 39.4 | 34.4 | 35.3 | ||
| 1992 | 32.3 | 27.8 | 34.1 | 39.4 | 38.9 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 41.5 | 38.0 | 44.1 | 52.6 | 21.7 | 27.4 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 45.1 | 36.3 | ||
| 1991 | 29.9 | 27.7 | 26.7 | 32.0 | 35.1 | 27.0 | 35.7 | 42.0 | 44.4 | 45.8 | 44.3 | 48.0 | 32.5 | 31.5 | 33.9 | 44.8 | 34.9 | ||
| 1990 | 56.8 | 56.2 | 47.3 | 40.8 | 37.4 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 49.3 | 52.3 | 44.0 | 45.2 | 50.0 | 55.3 | 41.6 | 49.8 | 47.3 | 49.1 | ||
| 1989 | 70.9 | 65.9 | 66.4 | 73.5 | 55.1 | 65.7 | 72.3 | 66.0 | 67.8 | 71.3 | 70.4 | 69.0 | 68.5 | 65.8 | 67.8 | 69.8 | 67.8 | ||
| 1988 | 58.6 | 66.8 | 66.9 | 64.5 | 56.1 | 61.0 | 64.8 | 64.6 | 63.4 | 66.8 | 70.2 | 70.0 | 65.1 | 61.7 | 63.4 | 66.8 | 64.2 | ||
| 1987 | 45.5 | 53.3 | 55.9 | 57.0 | 53.1 | 54.0 | 59.5 | 57.9 | 53.6 | 60.9 | 59.8 | 60.3 | 59.1 | 55.1 | 57.1 | 58.3 | 57.0 | ||
| 1986 | 80.8 | 73.7 | 73.6 | 80.6 | 85.1 | 70.6 | 73.9 | 75.0 | 74.2 | 72.5 | 75.9 | 65.7 | 72.7 | 79.4 | 73.1 | 73.9 | 75.2 | ||
| 1985 | 40.0 | 53.3 | 57.7 | 60.5 | 59.6 | 58.3 | 25.0 | 52.9 | 36.4 | 47.4 | 50.0 | 60.7 | 51.1 | 59.5 | 54.1 | 45.0 | 55.1 | ||
| 1984 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 69.0 | 33.3 | 77.8 | 41.2 | 58.1 | 20.6 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 41.9 | 57.6 | 38.6 | ||
| 1983 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 22.2 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 14.8 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| 1982 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Breeding data
Breeding records by month
Number of breeding records by breeding code and month, 2017 and all years| Breeding code | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Breeding (BLA code) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrying Food | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Copulating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Display | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependent young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faecal sac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inspecting hollow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nest building | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nest with eggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nest with young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On/leaving nest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All years | ||||||||||||
| Breeding (BLA code) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrying Food | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Copulating | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Display | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependent young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 74 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Faecal sac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inspecting hollow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nest building | 0 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nest with eggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nest with young | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On/leaving nest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Breeding records by year
Average number of breeding records per period by breeding code| Period | Breeding (BLA code) | Carrying Food | Copulating | Display | Dependent young | Faecal sac | Inspecting hollow | Nest building | Nest with eggs | Nest with young | On/leaving nest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All years | |||||||||||
| All | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Previous years | |||||||||||
| All previous years | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Previous 30 years | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Previous 20 years | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 10 year groups | |||||||||||
| [2007,2017) | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| [1997,2007) | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| [1987,1997) | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| 5 year groups | |||||||||||
| [2012,2017) | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| [2007,2012) | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| [2002,2007) | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| [1997,2002) | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| [1992,1997) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| [1987,1992) | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Year | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 2007 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1996 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1994 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1992 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1991 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 1989 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| 1988 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| 1987 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| 1986 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 1985 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1984 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1983 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1982 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Distribution map
Distribution - 2017
This map shows the observed distribution of the Superb Fairy-wren for 2017.
The red circles are the grid cells where Superb Fairy-wren have been reported.
The transparency of the red circles indicate how many surveys sheets were submitted for that grid cell; the darker the red the more reliable the data. Of the 315 grid cells with reports, 83 had only one sheet; an example is grid number A11.
The size of the circle represents the reporting rate. The maximum reporting rate for Superb Fairy-wren was 100.0% (eg grid number A11) and the minimum was 3.8% (eg grid number Q11). 
Distribution - all years
This map shows the observed distribution of the Superb Fairy-wren for all years.
The red circles are the grid cells where Superb Fairy-wren have been reported.
The transparency of the red circles indicate how many surveys sheets were submitted for that grid cell; the darker the red the more reliable the data. Of the 703 grid cells with reports, 55 had only one sheet; an example is grid number C10.
The size of the circle represents the reporting rate. The maximum reporting rate for Superb Fairy-wren was 100.0% (eg grid number B18) and the minimum was 3.4% (eg grid number C18). 
Breeding map
Breeding - 2017
This map shows the breeding distribution of the Superb Fairy-wren for 2017.
The red circles are the grid cells where breeding activity for Superb Fairy-wren have been reported.
The size of the circle represents the number of reports. 
Breeding - all years
This map shows the breeding distribution of the Superb Fairy-wren for all years.
The red circles are the grid cells where breeding activity for Superb Fairy-wren have been reported.
The size of the circle represents the number of reports. 