I was photographing a Brown Bear at Melbourne Zoo, when this Spotted Pardalote landed in the fence - for about 5 seconds!
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Spotted pardalote are tiny and fast which makes photographing them a little tricky. Was nice to see them visit this morning.

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Another different visitor this morning. A couple of spotted pardalote were darting in and out of the gum tree.

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BIRBFEST 2025

Day 31: Spotted Pardalote

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern & Southern Australia
HABITAT: Woodland
SIZE: 8-10cm / 3.1-3.9in
WEIGHT: 6g / 0.21oz
DIET: Insects
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern

And that's a wrap on Birbfest 2025! Which birb was your favourite?

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Before we found the Regent Honeyeaters, we had a lovely interaction with this Spotted Pardalote.
It happily foraged and listened to the camera shutter, just 3-4m away from us for almost a minute, before heading it its way.

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A Spotted Pardalote we encountered at the Highfields Falls reserve, just out of Toowoomba.

Completely fearless and quite curious, it foraged around about 3-4m away from us for a good minute before moving on.

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