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