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Pardalote
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. Pardalotes spend most of their time high in the outer foliage of trees, feeding on insects, spiders, and above all lerps (a type of sap-sucking insect). Their role in controlling lerp infestations in the eucalyptus forests of Australia may be significant. They generally live in pairs or small family groups but sometimes come together into flocks after breeding. Pardalotes are seasonal breeders in temperate areas of Australia but may breed year round in warmer areas. They are monogamous breeders, and both partners share nest construction, incubation and chick-rearing duties. All fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotted Pardalote
The spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus punctatus'') is one of the smallest of all Australian birds at in length, and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the diamondbird. Although moderately common in all of the reasonably fertile parts of Australia (the east coast, the south-east, and the south-west corner) it is seldom seen closely enough to enable identification. Three subspecies are recognised. The wet tropics spotted pardalote (subspecies ''militaris'') is found in northeastern Queensland, while the distinctive subspecies, the yellow-rumped pardalote (subspecies ''xanthopyge''), is mostly found in drier inland regions of southern Australia, particularly in semi-arid Mallee woodlands. Also occasionally found nesting in burrows in semi-rainforest areas inland from the coast in Mid North Coast NSW Taxonomy The spotted pardalote was described by English naturalist George Shaw and drawn by Frederick Polydore Nodder in the 1792 work ''The Naturalist's Miscellany: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotted Pardalote
The spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus punctatus'') is one of the smallest of all Australian birds at in length, and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the diamondbird. Although moderately common in all of the reasonably fertile parts of Australia (the east coast, the south-east, and the south-west corner) it is seldom seen closely enough to enable identification. Three subspecies are recognised. The wet tropics spotted pardalote (subspecies ''militaris'') is found in northeastern Queensland, while the distinctive subspecies, the yellow-rumped pardalote (subspecies ''xanthopyge''), is mostly found in drier inland regions of southern Australia, particularly in semi-arid Mallee woodlands. Also occasionally found nesting in burrows in semi-rainforest areas inland from the coast in Mid North Coast NSW Taxonomy The spotted pardalote was described by English naturalist George Shaw and drawn by Frederick Polydore Nodder in the 1792 work ''The Naturalist's Miscellany: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-rumped Pardalote
The spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus punctatus'') is one of the smallest of all Australian birds at in length, and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the diamondbird. Although moderately common in all of the reasonably fertile parts of Australia (the east coast, the south-east, and the south-west corner) it is seldom seen closely enough to enable identification. Three subspecies are recognised. The wet tropics spotted pardalote (subspecies ''militaris'') is found in northeastern Queensland, while the distinctive subspecies, the yellow-rumped pardalote (subspecies ''xanthopyge''), is mostly found in drier inland regions of southern Australia, particularly in semi-arid Mallee woodlands. Also occasionally found nesting in burrows in semi-rainforest areas inland from the coast in Mid North Coast NSW Taxonomy The spotted pardalote was described by English naturalist George Shaw and drawn by Frederick Polydore Nodder in the 1792 work ''The Naturalist's Miscellany: O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Striated Pardalote
The striated pardalote (''Pardalotus striatus'') 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. Taxonomy Four full species were originally named, and are clearly recognisable in the field. They are now classified as merely well-defined subspecies instead. * The yellow-tipped pardalote (subspecies ''striatus'') is found mainly in Tasmania, but crosses the 200 miles of Bass Strait to the mainland each winter in a migration. * The striated pardalote, subspecies ''substriatus'', central and western Australia. * The eastern striated or red-tipped pardalote, subspecies ''ornatus'', from the sub-tropical east coast, including the Sydney region. * Two subspecies of the black-headed pardalote, ''melanocephalus'' and ''uropygialis'', from north-eastern New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Striated Pardalote
The striated pardalote (''Pardalotus striatus'') 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. Taxonomy Four full species were originally named, and are clearly recognisable in the field. They are now classified as merely well-defined subspecies instead. * The yellow-tipped pardalote (subspecies ''striatus'') is found mainly in Tasmania, but crosses the 200 miles of Bass Strait to the mainland each winter in a migration. * The striated pardalote, subspecies ''substriatus'', central and western Australia. * The eastern striated or red-tipped pardalote, subspecies ''ornatus'', from the sub-tropical east coast, including the Sydney region. * Two subspecies of the black-headed pardalote, ''melanocephalus'' and ''uropygialis'', from north-eastern New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-browed Pardalote
The red-browed pardalote (''Pardalotus rubricatus'') is a small brightly coloured insectivorous passerine, endemic to Australia . A gleaning specialist, they forage primarily in eucalypt trees . The Latin word ''rubricatus'' means 'red-ochred' which is descriptive of their orange-red eyebrow . Other common names include red-browed diamondbird, bellbird, cape red-browed, pale red-browed, fawn-eyed, fawn-eyebrowed and pallid or red-lored pardalote . Taxonomy Red-browed pardalotes belong to the order Passeriformes and family Pardalotidae of which four species are recognised: red-browed pardalote ''Pardalotus rubricatus'', spotted pardalote ''Pardalotus punctatus'', forty-spotted pardalote ''Pardalotus quadragintus'' and striated pardalote ''Pardalotus striatus''. Historically, the family Pardalotidae included pardalotes and acanthizid warblers; gerygones, scrubwrens and thornbills . However, recent phylogenetic and morphological studies , indicate that pardalotes are more clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-browed Pardalote
The red-browed pardalote (''Pardalotus rubricatus'') is a small brightly coloured insectivorous passerine, endemic to Australia . A gleaning specialist, they forage primarily in eucalypt trees . The Latin word ''rubricatus'' means 'red-ochred' which is descriptive of their orange-red eyebrow . Other common names include red-browed diamondbird, bellbird, cape red-browed, pale red-browed, fawn-eyed, fawn-eyebrowed and pallid or red-lored pardalote . Taxonomy Red-browed pardalotes belong to the order Passeriformes and family Pardalotidae of which four species are recognised: red-browed pardalote ''Pardalotus rubricatus'', spotted pardalote ''Pardalotus punctatus'', forty-spotted pardalote ''Pardalotus quadragintus'' and striated pardalote ''Pardalotus striatus''. Historically, the family Pardalotidae included pardalotes and acanthizid warblers; gerygones, scrubwrens and thornbills . However, recent phylogenetic and morphological studies , indicate that pardalotes are more clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty-spotted Pardalote
The forty-spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus quadragintus'') is one of Australia's rarest birds and by far the rarest pardalote, being confined to a few colonies in the south-east corner of Tasmania, mainly on Maria Island and Bruny Island. Description A small, energetic passerine about long, the forty-spot is similar to the much commoner spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus punctatus''), but has a dull greenish-brown back and head, compared to the more colourful plumage of the former, with which it shares its range, and there is no brow line. The rump is olive, the under-tail dull yellow. The chest is white with light yellow tints. The wings are black with white tips, appearing as many (closer to 60 than 40) discrete dots when the wings are folded. There is no seasonal variation in plumage; juveniles are slightly less colourful than the adults. Distribution and habitat The forty-spotted pardalote is found reliably only in a few isolated colonies on south-eastern Tasmania, most nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty-spotted Pardalote
The forty-spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus quadragintus'') is one of Australia's rarest birds and by far the rarest pardalote, being confined to a few colonies in the south-east corner of Tasmania, mainly on Maria Island and Bruny Island. Description A small, energetic passerine about long, the forty-spot is similar to the much commoner spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus punctatus''), but has a dull greenish-brown back and head, compared to the more colourful plumage of the former, with which it shares its range, and there is no brow line. The rump is olive, the under-tail dull yellow. The chest is white with light yellow tints. The wings are black with white tips, appearing as many (closer to 60 than 40) discrete dots when the wings are folded. There is no seasonal variation in plumage; juveniles are slightly less colourful than the adults. Distribution and habitat The forty-spotted pardalote is found reliably only in a few isolated colonies on south-eastern Tasmania, most nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty-spotted Pardalote
The forty-spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus quadragintus'') is one of Australia's rarest birds and by far the rarest pardalote, being confined to a few colonies in the south-east corner of Tasmania, mainly on Maria Island and Bruny Island. Description A small, energetic passerine about long, the forty-spot is similar to the much commoner spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus punctatus''), but has a dull greenish-brown back and head, compared to the more colourful plumage of the former, with which it shares its range, and there is no brow line. The rump is olive, the under-tail dull yellow. The chest is white with light yellow tints. The wings are black with white tips, appearing as many (closer to 60 than 40) discrete dots when the wings are folded. There is no seasonal variation in plumage; juveniles are slightly less colourful than the adults. Distribution and habitat The forty-spotted pardalote is found reliably only in a few isolated colonies on south-eastern Tasmania, most nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lerp (biology)
In biology, a lerp is a structure of crystallized honeydew produced by larvae of psyllid bugs as a protective cover. These animals are commonly referred to as lerp insects, of which there are over 300 species in Australia. Lerps are energy rich, consisting mostly of starch, with some proteins and fats. They are eaten by flying foxes, possums and birds such as pardalotes and honeyeaters. The word is derived from the Australian Aboriginal language Wemba-Wemba The Wemba-Wemba are an Aboriginal Australian people in north-Western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia, including in the Mallee and the Riverina regions. They are also known as the Wamba-Wamba. Language Wemba-Wemba bears st .... Lerps were traditionally eaten by Indigenous people, and could be stored as dry balls for future use. External links University of California Integrated Pest ManagementLerp Psyllid resources provided by Pacific Coast Arborists and Consultants References * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Tasmania , established_title2 = Federation , established_date2 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Abel Tasman , demonym = , capital = Hobart , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 29 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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