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Tiny colorful bird of inland and northern parts of Australia.
Not listed
Endemic to Australia
Indigenous: Wiiwambin
At a glance
FamilyPardalotes
SizeTiny
RarityCommon
HabitatOpen woodland, scrub, forest edge, gardens, and mixed canopy with active insect life.
Best timeMost reliable in Queensland from June to August.
Sounds
Sound sampleRecorded by Eddy Smith
Range map
Range map
1665visible hotspots
9721visible records
5states
SparseModerateDense hotspot
Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Overview
Mousy gray brown above, creamy below, with white-speckled black crown, yellowish brow, red spot above the stubby bill, and pale eye. Note prominent yellow wing panel, unique among pardalote species. Compare Striated Pardalote, which has a streaked crown, no yellow wing panel, and a yellow spot behind the eye.
Behavior
Most often turns up where open woodland, scrub, forest edge, gardens, and mixed canopy with active insect life lines up with Australian records across New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Australia, the Northern Territory, and Tasmania, with shape and movement usually clearer than prolonged stationary views.
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