
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rowley, I.C.R. 
T1  - The life history of the Superb Blue Wren, <I>Malurus cyaneus</I>
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 1965
VL  - 64
IS  - 4
SP  - 251
EP  - 297
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU964251 
N2  - A completely colour-banded population of these small, sociable, multi-brooded passerines of the sub-family Malurinae was studied for more than four years at Gungahlin, Canberra, A.C.T. Their plumage, behaviour, song, breeding biology and population dynamics are discussed with particular reference to the persistence of the young-of-the-year within the family group throughout the winter, the consequent problems of dispersion and, ultimately, the frequent occurrence of more than one mature mule in the breeding group. It is suggested that this apparent polyandry enables the species to be reproductively more successful within the limits of a variable climate. 
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