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The Variegated fairywren (Malurus lamberti) is a bird found in Australia. Scrub and woods in eastern Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Variegated fairywren lives

Scrub and woods in eastern Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Variegated fairywren

Recorded by Mike FitzGerald (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC676313. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Variegated fairywren

Where does the Variegated fairywren live?

The Variegated fairywren lives in Australia. Scrub and woods in eastern Australia.

What does the Variegated fairywren eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), seeds and nuts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Variegated fairywren endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Singing honeyeater
• Australasian darter
• Common bronzewing
• Tree martin
• Blue-faced honeyeater
• Greater crested tern

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.