- Pardalotus punctatus
Identification
8·5–10·5 cm (3¼-4 in)
- Head, wings, and tail black with white spots
- Pale eyebrow
Bright yellow undertail and throat
- Chestnut-red rump Female has yellow spots on the head and a pale throat
'Xanthopyge' has a yellow rump.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- P. p. millitaris:
- North East Queensland (Atherton Tablelands to about Townsville)
- P. p. punctatus:
- South East Queensland to South Australia, Tasmania; south-western South Australia
- P. p. xanthopyge:
- South West Western Australia to north-western Victoria and south-central New South Wales; Kangaroo Island
Habitat
Graphic by Nrg800
Eucalypt forests and woodlands but occurs in parks and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
They spend most of their time feeding in the canopy; their main prey items are lerps and some psyllid insects; they also eat a lot of sugary plant exudates. They may also forage close to the ground where they can be viewed easily.
Breeding
The nest is an enlarged, lined chamber at the end of narrow tunnel, excavated in an earth bank. Sometimes they nest in tree hollows and occasionally in artificial structures. Both parents share nest-building, incubation of the eggs and feeding of the young when they hatch.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)
- Birdata.com.au for Raw Map Data
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spotted Pardalote. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spotted_Pardalote
External Links
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