PASSERIFORMES: Pardalotidae

Pardalotus punctatus  

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
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© Vik Dunis 2013
Mount Alexander Regional Park, VIC (Nov, 2013)

The female of the pair was doing most of the work but the male Spotted Pardalote, shown here, fetched a bunch of nesting material every so often to contribute to the comfort of their hole in the embankment.

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Female Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote with Nesting Material

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Female Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Female Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Female Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Female Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Female Spotted Pardalote with Nesting Material

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Female Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Male Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)

Spotted Pardalote