NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Pardalotidae

The large and diverse passerine bird family Pardalotidae includes the pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills, gerygones and allies. The family originated in Australasia and now includes about 70 species in 15 or 16 genera. Nearly all are confined to Australia (48 species) or New Guinea (about 20 species, including 6 found in both Australia and New Guinea). Only the gerygones extend further afield, with representatives in South-east Asia, New Zealand, and islands of the South Pacific. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Pardalotes are very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Species punnctatus quadragintus rubricatus striatus Pardalotes are very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. ... Australasia Australasia is the area that includes Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the many smaller islands in the vicinity, most of which are the eastern part of Indonesia. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... South Pacific is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ...

All members are small to medium in size—some are very small—the majority are drab, inconspicuous, and often difficult to identify. All are mainly insectivorous, have 10 primaries (the tenth is vestigial in the pardalotes) and 9 secondaries (most having a vestigal tenth secondary).

One species, the Lord Howe Gerygone Gerygone insularis, is extinct; and 25 taxa in 17 species are considered endangered, three of them critically so. The primary threats are land clearing, overgrazing, degredation and fragmentation of habitat, and changing fire regimes.

The taxonomy of the Pardalotidae is complex and its classification has changed a great deal over the years. Recent microbiological work has made it clear that it is part of the Australasian corvid lineage, and it is most closely related to the honeyeaters and the fairy-wrens, all three families being regarded as part of the superfamily Meliphagoidea. (The Pardalotidae form the second-largest family of birds in Australiasia, after the honeyeaters.) Genera Platylophus Gymnorhinus Cyanocitta Aphelocoma Cyanocorax Garrulus Cissa Perisoreus Urocissa Cyanopica Dendrocitta Crypsirina Pica Zavattariornis Podoces Nucifraga Pyrrhocorax Ptilostomus Corvus The crow family (Corvidae) has members that are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes; in fact, it includes several that are among the largest. ... Genera Anthochaera Acanthagenys Plectorhyncha Philemon Xanthornyzma Entomyzon Manorina Xanthotis Meliphaga Lichenostomus Melithreptus Notiomystis Glycichaera Lichmera Trichodere Grantiella Phylidonyris Ramsayornis Conopophila Acanthorhynchus Certhionyx Myzomela Anthornis Prosthemadera Epthianura Ashbyia The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also... Genera Malurus Sipodotus Clytomyias Stipiturus Amytornis The Maluridae are a family of small, insectivouous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. ... Familiae Petroicidae Pardalotidae Meliphagidae Maluridae Meliphagoidea is a superfamily of passerine birds. ...

At various times the Pardalotidae have been classified as Old World warblers, Old World babblers, and Old World flycatchers. The pardalotes themselves have been placed alone in their own family and grouped with the flowerpeckers. DNA studies suggest that the pardalotes may diverge sufficienty from the others in the group to justify regarding them as a separate family, in which case the remaining genera would be placed in the family Acanthizidae. Genus Many: see text The Old World Warblers, family Sylviidae, are a group of more than 280 small insectivorous passerine bird species. ... Genera almost 50: see text The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds. ... Genera many:see text The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. ...

Species of Pardalotidae (part of the super-family Meliphagoidea)

Subfamily Pardalotinae: pardalotes
- Spotted Pardalote, Pardalotus punctatus
- Forty-spotted Pardalote, Pardalotus quadragintus
- Red-browed Pardalote, Pardalotus rubricatus
- Striated Pardalote, Pardalotus striatus
Subfamily Dasyornithinae
- Eastern Bristlebird, Dasyornis brachypterus
- Rufous Bristlebird, Dasyornis broadbenti
- Western Bristlebird, Dasyornis longirostris
- Pilotbird, Pcynoptilus floccosus
Subfamily Acanthizinae
- Rockwarbler, Origma solitaria
- Fernwren, Oreoscopus gutturalis
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Sericornis citreogularis
- White-browed Scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis
- Tasmanian Scrubwren, Sericornis humilis
- Atherton Scrubwren, Sericornis keri
- Large-billed Scrubwren, Sericornis magnirostris
- Tropical Scrubwren, Sericornis beccarii
- Scrubtit, Acanthornis magnus
- Chestnut-rumped Heathwren, Hylacola pyrrhopygia
- Shy Heathwren or Shy Hylacola, Hylacola cauta
- Striated Fieldwren, Calamanthus fuliginosus
- Rufous Fieldwren, Calamanthus campestris
- Redthroat, Pyrrholaemus brunneus
- Speckled Warbler, Chthonicola sagittata
- Weebill, Smicrornis brevirostris
- Brown Gerygone, Gerygone mouki
- Grey Warbler, Gerygone igata
- Chatham Island Warbler, Gerygone albofrontata
- Norfolk Island Gerygone, Gerygone modesta
- Dusky Gerygone, Gerygone tenebrosa
- Mangrove Gerygone, Gerygone levigaster
- Western Gerygone, Gerygone fusca
- Lord Howe Gerygone, Gerygone insularis (extinct)
- Large-billed Gerygone, Gerygone magnirostris
- Green-backed Gerygone, Gerygone chloronotus
- Fairy Gerygone, Gerygone palpebrosa
- White-throated Gerygone, Gerygone olivacea
- Mountain Thornbill, Acanthiza katherina
- Brown Thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla
- Inland Thornbill, Acanthiza apicalis
- Tasmanian Thornbill, Acanthiza ewingii
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Acanthiza uropygialis
- Slaty-backed Thornbill, Acanthiza robustirostris
- Western Thornbill, Acanthiza inornata
- Buff-rumped Thornbill, Acanthiza reguloides
- Slender-billed Thornbill, Acanthiza iredalei
- Yellow-rummped Thornbill, Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Yellow Thornbill, Acanthiza nana
- Striated Thornbill, Acanthiza lineata
- Southern Whiteface, Aphelocephala leucopsis
- Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Aphelocephala pectoralis
- Banded Whiteface, Aphelocephala nigricincta

Familiae Petroicidae Pardalotidae Meliphagidae Maluridae Meliphagoidea is a superfamily of passerine birds. ... Pardalotes are very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. ... Binomial name Pardalotus punctatus (Shaw & Nodder, 1792) The Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) is one of the smallest of all Australian birds at 8 to 10cm in length, and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the Diamondbird. ... Binomial name Pardalotus quadragintus Gould, 1838 The Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is by far the rarest pardalote, now being confined to the south-east corner of Tasmania. ... Binomial name Pardalotus rubricatus Gould, 1838 The Red-browed Pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus) occupies the northern two-thirds of Australia, is a fraction larger than the Forty-spotted Pardalote at 10 to 12 cm, and the least conspicuously coloured, being paler and combining the spotted skull-cap of the Spotted Pardalote... Binomial name Pardalotus striatus (Gmelin, 1789) The Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. ... Binomial name Acanthiza pusilla , The Brown Thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla, is a passerine bird usually found in eastern and south- eastern Australia, including Tasmania. ... Binomial name Acanthiza nana Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 The Yellow Thornbill, Acanthiza nana, is a passerine bird usually found in Australia. ...

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