Forty-spotted pardalote

Description

The Tasmanian pardalote ( Pardalotus quadragintus ) 2 is a species of passerine bird of the family Pardalotidae.It is the scariest pardalote and one of the rarest birds of Australia since it is confined in some smaller islands east of The Tasmanian pardalote is a small bird,between 9 and 10 cm long,and looks similar to the most common mottled pardalote ( Pardalotus punctatus ),but with the back and head of greenish brown tones dull instead of the colorful plumage of the latter,with which it coincides in its distribution area,and also does not have a superciliary list.His rump is greenish,while his cheeks and lower tail are yellowish.His chest is white with a certain yellow tone.The feathers of its wings are black and each one has a white dot on the tip.It does not present seasonal variation in its plumage,but the juveniles are of more muted tones than the adults.