Passeriformes

Pardalotes (Pardalotidae)

HBW 13, p. 390 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 13 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Very small, plump passerines with short square tail and short bill, typically with loud but simple calls; some brightly coloured.
• Australia.
• Forests and woodlands, especially those dominated by eucalypts.
• 1 genus, 4 species, 12 taxa.
• 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.