The striated pardalote is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip. It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more often heard than seen, foraging noisily for lerps and other small creatures in the treetops.
Striated pardalote
Nominate race, note the yellow spot on the wing
Black-headed race of striated pardalote near Brisbane, Australia
Yellow-tipped pardalote near Loongana, Tasmania, Australia
Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in one genus, Pardalotus, and several subspecies. The name derives from a Greek word meaning "spotted". The family once contained several other species now split into the family Acanthizidae.
Pardalote
The forty-spotted pardalote is endemic to Tasmania
Image: Spotted Pardalote Melbourne Victoria S4E1321 (22148139499)
Image: Forty spotted Pardalote Cape Queen Elizabeth Track