I had believed that
Spotted Pardalotes nest in tunnels dug in the ground, like sand banks, compost heaps,
river banks etc and Striated Pardalotes
nest in small tree hollows. A quick look at HANZAB says it is not so distinct, though I don’t recall seeing an exception.
Philip
From: John Harris [
Sent: Thursday, 5 November 2015 7:52 PM
To: canberra birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Striated Pardalotes Shopping at Tuggeranong
A Striated Pardalote could well go up any open tube or hole, including a clothesline I guess.
Both the Spotted and Striated have similar nesting habits. I think it is just that the Striated is less common in Canberra and so its nesting is reported a
bit less. Cheers
From:
Nathanael Coyne <>Date:
Thursday, 5 November 2015 6:29 pm
To:
John Harris <>
Cc: chatline <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Striated Pardalotes Shopping at Tuggeranong
Thanks John, I just had a query from a friend who posted a pic of what looked like a Striated Pardalote except she said it was nesting IN her clothesline ...
and I thought they nested in burrows. Is that only Spotted Pardalotes that do that?
On 5 November 2015 at 18:22, John Harris <> wrote:
I wouldn¹t be at all surprised if they were looking for a nesting site.
Both species of Pardalote typically nest on verandahs,in guttering etc,
especially if they can find something tubular as an entry point. There is
one nest at the moment near me in a hollow object on a verandah.
On 5/11/2015 5:41 pm, "Tun Pin Ong" <> wrote:
>Yesterday (Wed 04/11/2015) during lunch time, a pair of vocal Striated
>Pardalotes were found around car park near Anytime Fitness, of
>Tuggeranong Hyperdome. Later in the afternoon, one even came up to a
>metal structure at the roof between Anytime Fitness and the Good Guys
>loading dock area. It used it as a vantage point to duet with another one
>on the top branch of a tree in the car park.
>Regards,
>Tun Pin
>
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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