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Forty-spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus quadragintus Gould, 1838
Pardalotidae — Pardalotes
Forty-spotted Pardalote, Pardalotus quadragintus, is a bird of south-eastern Tasmania, with breeding records from Flinders Island and the Furneaux group as well as mainland Tasmania. It is a very scarce pardalote and is found in only a few isolated colonies, especially on Maria Island and Bruny Island. It lives almost entirely in dry eucalypt forest with a strong link to white gum. Its folded wings show black feathers tipped in white, giving the bird a spotted look, and it lacks the brow line seen in the more common Spotted Pardalote.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pardalotidae — Pardalotes
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Flinders I. (Furneaux group, e Bass Strait) and se Tasmania (se Australia)
