Forty-spotted pardalote

Forty-spotted pardalote
South Bruny, Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pardalotidae
Genus: Pardalotus
Species:
P. quadragintus
Binomial name
Pardalotus quadragintus
Gould, 1838

The forty-spotted pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is one of Australia's rarest birds and by far the rarest pardalote, being confined to a few colonies in the south-east corner of Tasmania, mainly on Maria Island and Bruny Island.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Pardalotus quadragintus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22704493A213392735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22704493A213392735.en. Retrieved 7 February 2023.