#peep-wren

[best-bird-tournament]

Pardalote (Pardalotidae) family / genus Pardalotus

Which is the best bird?

Red-browed pardalote

Striated pardalote

Spotted pardalote

Forty-spotted pardalote

Voting ended onDec 11, 2025

This genus is monotypic in its family.

[feathercreates]

He's just a little guy looking for tasty lerp!! *v*

I've seen Spotted Pardalotes twice in my life (because they are Very Small and Hard to Spot) and have nearly imploded from cuteness overload both times.

This sticker will join his friend the Crested Pigeon (and another mystery guest!) when I do my first big shop update for www.feathercreates.com!

(also I learned these guys are also called 'peep-wrens' and that is so ridiculously cute I may implode a third time, send help)

[wigmund]

From Australian Geographic Image of the Week; February 19, 2018:

Forman On Site!Brodie James

“In this picture I have captured a Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus),” says Brodie.

“These birds are incredibly small (roughly the same size of a finch) and very twitchy requiring a high shutter speed at times. This particular animal is in the process of building a tunnel in the side of a dirt hill with its 5 companions, of which it will use as a nest for its babies when the weather begins to cool. They are very hard and dedicated workers and even if you are close to the nest they will continue to build and feed their babies.”

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