One of the smallest and most
               colorful of all Australian  birds.
          
         
            
               Pardalotus punctatus
            
               (L 3.1-3.9")
          
         
            
               Lamington Nat’l Park
            
               Australia
            
               19Oct2015
          
         
            
               Pardalotus is Greek for spotted;
               punctata is Latin for spot.
          
         
            
               In The Aneid the pathway to hell
               is Averno...in Greek this means
               “a place without birds.”
            
               (Debbie Blue)
          
         
         
            
               © Vicki Powys
            
               Macaulay
               Library