Identification: Grey body, wings black with white/buff edges, yellow- orange forehead, white eyebrow, yellow throat, white underbody with yellowish flanks, off-white to brown rump, crown black (sometimes with white streaks).

Call/Song: Makes a constant, sharp pick-it-up or loud chip-chip. Other calls include a long trilling call and a soft cheeoo.
 
Located in almost the entire of Australia.

Habitat: Inhabits open forests and woodlands.

Feeding: Prey on cicadas, small spiders, plant bugs, grasshoppers, cockroaches, small beetles, thrips, weevils, caterpillars, ants, bees, wasps and flies.

Breeding/Nesting: Breeds June through July. Nest is cup-shaped and composed of grass, bark fibre and rootlets. It is placed in a hollow of a tree or at the end of a burrow dug into the side of a cliff or creek bank.

Movement: Often seen high in the branches of eucalypts and wattle trees busy searching for food in the leaves and branches. 

Other Common Names: Black- headed pardalote, chip-chip bird, yellow-tipped pardalote. 

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Queensland Museum (1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Reader's Digest Services (1979) Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds, Surry Hills, NSW.