STRIATED PARDALOTES Pardalotos striatus ornathus
I spent a lovely time with a family of pardalotes this morning. They were playing around under a road bridge on Nanny's Creek Rd, which is to the East of Kilmore.
This family are of the subspieces ornathus, they have that tiny red badge just below the elbow of the wing and quite a brilliant yellow chest and fore supercillium, that patch above and in front of the eye. These have striated patterning around the head and cheeks.
These are the largest of the pardalotes and were very busy this morning in the winter sunshine.
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