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Spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus punctatus(Shaw, 1792)
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Pardalotidae
- Genus
- Pardalotus
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The spotted pardalote is a small passerine bird native to eastern and southern Australia, at elevations of up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). It is part of the pardalote family, Pardalotidae. One of the smallest of all Australian birds at 8 to 10 centimetres in length, and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the diamondbird. Although moderately common in all of the reasonably fertile parts of Australia it is seldom seen closely enough to enable identification.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-west, south and east Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
call · Quality B
James Ray · Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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