BirdUp · Species
Forty-spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus quadragintusGould, 1838
EndangeredEndemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Pardalotidae
- Genus
- Pardalotus
- Conservation
- Endangered
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The forty-spotted pardalote is one of Australia's rarest birds and by far the rarest pardalote, being confined to a few colonies in the south-east corner of Tasmania, mainly on Maria Island and Bruny Island.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Restricted to south-east Tasmania (primarily Maria Island and North and South Bruny Islands, with tiny remnant populations on the Tasmanian mainland at Tinderbox and Howden).
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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