Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Other Names (World)
Spotted Pardalote, Golden-rumped Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Pardalote, Yellow-tailed Pardalote, Golden-rumped Diamondbird, Spotted Diamondbird, Diamond Bird, Diamond Sparrow, Bank Diamond, Pardalote, Diamond Dyke, Ground Diamond, Budgerigar, Budgerygar, Headache-bird, Miss Piggy, Panther-bird

Family
Pardalotidae (Pardalotes)

Size
8.50 - 10.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shaw & Nodder, 1792)

Derivation
Pard-al-ö'-tus - Gk, spotted: punc-tä'-tus - L., spotted

Abundance (Guide)
C - MC

Common. Seasonally nomadic or migratory.

Habitat
Wooded country in the outer foliage of eucalypts and other trees, moving among the leaves in search of insects.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B).

Eastern Australia from about Cairns, Qld south to Tasmania and west to about Adelaide, SA. Also far south-western Australia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
Secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in pairs.

Food
Insects.

Voice
An even, soft, whistled, 'weep-weeip', uttered in contact, regularly repeated for long periods. The song is a sequence of clear whistled notes, 'whee, whee-bee' or 'sleep, may-bee'.

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Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) [XC609038]
by Marc Anderson from Enfield State Forest, New South Wales, Australia (song)

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) [XC609044]
by Marc Anderson from Enfield State Forest, New South Wales, Australia (song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
September - January.

Nest
Domed, composed of bark fibre in a hollowed-out chamber at the end of a tunnel in the ground. Tunnels are usually about half a meter in length.

Eggs (Guide)
3 - 6, usually 4; plain white; oval; about 16 x 13 mm. Incubation: 14 - 16 days; by both sexes.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 18 - 25 days.

Subspecies
Most closely related to Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus). Subspecies xanthopyge sometimes treated as a separate species, but intergrades with nominate in South Australia (Mt Lofty Ranges). Subspecies millitaris less clearly distinct.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

punctatus (Shaw & Nodder, 1792) - Coastal and subcoastal south-western, southern, eastern and south-eastern Australia (in east, as far northern as Clarke Range), including Bass Strait islands (King I, Flinders I) and Tasmania.
millitaris Mathews, 1912 - Atherton - Windsor Uplands, north-eastern Qld, south to Seaview Ranges.
xanthopyge McCoy, 1866 - Malle of southern Australia from eastern Riverina of New South Wales and Bendigo, Vic., west through Murray - Mallee and gulfs of SA to Wheatbelt of southern WA (Bremer Bay) ('Yellow-rumped').

Similar Species
In Tasmania with Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) which has a brownish crown and rump, and Red-browed Pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus) which has brownish wings edged with yellow without any white spots.

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References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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