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[[Image:d06_0572.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nomdeploom<br>Location: Maria Island, E. Coast of Tasmania, Australia<br>Click on photo for larger version.]] | [[Image:d06_0572.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nomdeploom<br>Location: Maria Island, E. Coast of Tasmania, Australia<br>Click on photo for larger version.]] | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | One of Australia's rarest birds, this species is declining | + | Small (9-10cm) energetic passerine. Usually in pairs or small flocks. One of Australia's rarest birds, this species is declining. Similar to the much more common Spotted Pardalote (''Pardalotus punctatus''), but has a dull greenish-brown back and head, compared to the more colorful plumage of the former, with which it shares range. The female is similar, but has a spotted crown and chestnut rump. |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 14 June 2007
- Pardalotus quadragintus
Description
Small (9-10cm) energetic passerine. Usually in pairs or small flocks. One of Australia's rarest birds, this species is declining. Similar to the much more common Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus), but has a dull greenish-brown back and head, compared to the more colorful plumage of the former, with which it shares range. The female is similar, but has a spotted crown and chestnut rump.
Identification
Distribution
Now found reliably only in a few isolated colonies on SE Tasmania, Maria and South Bruny Islands. Ocassionally spotted in the suburbs of Hobart.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia-> Phylum: Chordata-> Class: Aves -> Order: Passeriformes -> Family: Pardalotidae -> Genus: Pardalotus
