Spotted Pardalote - Average Length: 3.5 inches

The Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) is one of the smallest of all Australian birds at 9 centimeters (3.5 in) in length, and one of the most colorful. It is also frequently referred to as the diamondbird. Although it is very abundant throughout Australia's reasonably fertile regions (the east coast, south-east, and southwest corner), it is rarely observed carefully enough to allow for identification.

There are three recognized subspecies. They also have the same length Spotted Pardalote. The unusual subspecies, the yellow-rumped pardalote (subspecies xanthopyge), are primarily found in drier interior areas of southern Australia, particularly in semi-arid Mallee forests. The wet tropics spotted pardalote (subspecies militaris) is located in northeastern Queensland. Additionally sporadically discovered breeding in burrows inland from the coast in semi-rainforest areas of Mid North Coast NSW.