STRIATED PARDALOTE

23    STRIATED PARDALOTE               Pardalotus striatus

Australia     (23)

Also known as Pickwick, Wittachew and Chip-chip. 9.5-11.5 cms. Over most of Australia except area  towards east of Western Australia and around junction of borders of NT/SA/Queensland.

Six subspecies in Australia:
substiatus:                   Most of mainland, WA except n; SA, s NT; se Q; w NSW;w Vic.
melanocephalus:         e Q.except north.
uropygialis:                 northern Australia
ornatus:                       eastern NSW and e Vic.
striatus:                       Tasmania
melvillensis:               Tiwi Island

Subspecies striatus photographed in Tasmania February 2017

Subspecies substrialus, photographed near Lake Gilles, South Australia, September 2018