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Forty-spotted Pardalote, Pardalotus quadragintus, 9 - 10 cm. / 3.5 - 3.9 in. ENDANGERED, RARE and DECLINING. Named after the discrete, white dots on the folded wings. In Tasmania's drier, coastal eucalyptus forest and woodland. More reliable on Bruny Island. Main food source is Manna "White" Gum, Eucalyptus viminalis, where they forage in the canopy for insects and manna.

 

South Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. ©bryanjsmith.

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Uploaded on February 24, 2016
Taken on October 19, 2015