Family
Pardalotes
Pardalotidae
4 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in one genus, Pardalotus, and several subspecies. The name derives from a Greek word meaning "spotted".
Species in this family
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus
- Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus