Tasmania is host to an incredible range of endemic birds and we are lucky enough to spot green rosellas, fan-tailed cuckoos, pied oystercatchers and the rare and endangered 40-spotted pardalote. |
The three-note song of the spotted pardalote sounds like the first three notes of XTC's song Melt the Guns. |
The forty-spotted pardalote is the first Australian bird found to encourage trees to release manna, a sugary crystallised sap. |