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Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family,
Pardalotidae, of very small,
brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with
short tails,
strong legs, and stubby...
- Maluridae: fairywrens, emu-wrens and gr****wrens Dasyornithidae:
bristlebirds Pardalotidae:
pardalotes Infraorder Corvides –
previously known as the
parvorder Corvida...
- With
their closest relatives, the
Maluridae (Australian fairy-wrens),
Pardalotidae (pardalotes), and
Acanthizidae (thornbills,
Australian warblers, scrubwrens...
- were
previously regarded as
subfamily Acanthizinae within the
family Pardalotidae. More
recent molecular genetic studies do not
support this arrangement...
- of up to 2,000
metres (6,600 ft). It is part of the
pardalote family,
Pardalotidae. One of the
smallest of all
Australian birds at 8 to 10
centimetres (3...
-
closest relatives are the
honeyeaters (Meliphagidae), and the
pardalotes (
Pardalotidae).
Their obvious similarity to the
wrens of
Europe and
America is not...
- Maluridae:
Australasian wrens Family Dasyornithidae:
bristlebirds Family Pardalotidae:
pardalotes Family Acanthizidae: gerygones,
thornbills and
allies Family...
- Meliphagidae: true
honeyeaters and
chats Dasyornithidae:
bristlebirds Pardalotidae:
pardalotes Acanthizidae: scrubwrens, thornbills, and
gerygones Australopapuan...
- This list is
based on the
Handbook of Australian, New
Zealand and
Antarctic Birds list, May 2002 update, with the
doubtfuls omitted. It
includes the birds...
- Dasyornithinae,
along with the
Acanthizinae and Pardalotinae,
within an
expanded Pardalotidae,
before being elevated to full
family level by
Christidis &
Boles (2008)...
