Spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus punctatus
Pilliga, C NSW IMG_6334 20100805 - punctatus male (silver spots on black head)
Notes: Tiny, colourful, pattern of spots, short square-cut tail
& short deep bill. Male nominate
ssp punctatus has black crown w.
bright white spots, white supercilium, bright yellow throat
& breast;
upperparts w. coarse buff spots, rump orange-rufous. Female duller, w. creamy spots
on greyer crown, throat less intense yellow. Ssp millitaris similar, but
spots on upperparts paler.
xanthopyge rump & most of
uppertail-coverts (orange-)yellow, underparts paler than nominate.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
Warracknabeal, C Vic IMG_6843 20181212 - punctatus female (gold spots on greyer head)
Mt Korong Scenic Res., Glenalbyn, W Vic IMG_2467 20230607 - punctatus female. CLICK for male.
Mt Korong Scenic Res., Glenalbyn, W Vic IMG_2448 20230607 - punctatus male. CLICK for female.
Gluepot Reserve, E SA IMG_7826 20210406 - punctatus male
Round Hill Nature Reserve, C NSW IMG_1893 20191129 - xanthopyge? male
Herberton, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_5550 20190906 - millitaris male
Capertee NP, CE NSW IMG_5559 20151123 - punctatus juvenile: duller yellow spots on crown, faint supercilium. CLICK foranother: no red in uppertail coverts. Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, Melbourne, S Vic: 20231229.
Mt Korong Scenic Res., Glenalbyn, W Vic IMG_2414 20230607 - punctatus female then w. male.
Langi Ghiran State Park, Ararat, W Vic MVI_3594 20190519 - punctatus male
Pilliga, C NSW MVI_6332 20100805 - punctatus male