FORTY-SPOTTED PARDALOTE

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017.

972              FORTY-SPOTTED PARDALOTE            Pardalotus quadragintus

AUSTRALIA             702

Found in drier eucalypt forests, especially 'Manna' (white) Gum. 9-10 cm. Now confined to coastal se Tas; South Bruny Island north to Maria Island, adjacent Hobart environs, especially Tinderbox Pen., s of Kingston. Rare, local. Sedentary, young dispersive. Endangered.

RED-BROWED PARDALOTE

Photographed at DeGray River Bridge, Western Australia, May 2015

587         RED-BROWED PARDALOTE              Pardalotus rubricatus

Australia           (430)

11-12 cm. Found in drier eucalypt woodlands, scrublands; tall mulga and other acacias; gums on watercourses. Range: found coastal n. and inland Aust., except Top End (NT); s. on e. coast to c. Rockhampton (Q); s. inland to Mitchell (Q); nw. NSW s., and e, to Brewarrina-Hilelston-Broken Hill; n. to Flinders Ras., -Gawler Ras, Gt Victoria Desert; in WA, to w. coast from Gascotne R., n. to Kimberley region.

Red-browed Pardalote emerging from its nesting hole, taken at Bowra Station, Queensland September 2015

SPOTTED PARDALOTE

Photographed at Mount Tyson, southern Queensland

24        SPOTTED PARDALOTE      Pardalotus punctatus

Australia     (24)

Also known as Diamondbird and Yellow-rumped pardalote. 8-10 cms.

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