Distribution and Habitat
Distributed over 90% of the Australian continent, the Variegated Fairywren is found in scrubland with plenty of vegetation providing dense cover. It prefers rocky outcrops and patches of Acacia, Eremophila or Lignum (Muehlenbeckia florulenta) in inland and northern Australia. They have been reported to shelter in mammal burrows to avoid extreme heat. In urban situations such as suburban Sydney, these wrens have been said prefer areas with more cover than the related Superb Fairywren, though a 2007 survey in Sydney's northern suburbs has proposed that Variegated Fairywrens may prefer areas of higher plant diversity rather than denser cover as such. Forestry plantations of pine (Pinus spp.) and eucalypts are generally unsuitable as they lack undergrowth.
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