pardalote
English
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editpardalote (plural pardalotes)
- Any of the Australian birds of the family Pardalotidae, which feed on lerps.
- 2011, Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph, Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Birds, CSIRO Publishing, page 258:
- Pardalotes, honeyeaters and thornbills are among several birds that feed on carbohydrate-rich sugars from trees: manna, the crystalline sap which oozes from injuries to trees made by insects or other animals; honeydew, the exudate of sap-sucking coccids and aphids; and lerps, the protective sugary coating of psyllid larvae.
- 2011, Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack, A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region, page 137:
- They are pardalotes, tiny little feathered jewels with stubby bills and stubby tails, giving an oddly ladybird-like silhouette.
- 2016 March 12, “Mining bird farms trees for manna”, in New Scientist[1], number 3064, page 16:
- The forty-spotted pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is the first Australian bird found to encourage trees to release manna, a sugary crystallised sap.
Synonyms
edit- (any bird of family Pardalotidae): peep-wren
See also
edit- pardalote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pardalotidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pardalotidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Spanish
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editpardalote m (plural pardalotes)
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