a black crown with fine spots; fine dark scalloping across their mantel and hind neck. They have a bright yellow breast patch, yellow rump and an orange wing panel , . Plumage of the juvenile yorki subspecies has not been described . The call of the red-browed pardalote is a distinctive five or six note song, with the first note longer and lower pitched than the remaining notes which increase in pitch and speed , . Males call periodically between feeding to announce their territory from a sheltered perch within the trees canopy . It has been described as sounding similar to the call of a rosella species . Distribution and habitat The red-browed pardalote is a widely distributed species ranging from north and central Australia, south and south central Western Australia, northeast South Australia ( Lake Eyre Basin) to south west New South Wales. They may also be found throughout the Great Sandy, Gibson and Great Victoria Desert . They live in a wide range of habitats including woodlands, shrublands, tropical, arid and semi-arid regions of Australia . Eucalypt woodlands, which border watercourses such as riparian river red gum, coolibah woodlands and tall eucalypt shrublands such as mallee, are the preferred habitats , , , . In the desert sand-ridge country of Western Australia, red-browed pardalotes forage in the upper story of bloodwoods and marble gums dispersed amongst sand dunes . They have also been recorded in bloodwood-banksia, low–acacia and eucalypt–paperbark woodlands, mulga, acacia shrublands, spinifex plains and grasslands , , , . Red-browed pardalotes may also inhabit sand dunes, rocky outcrops, valleys and floodplains . Behaviour Foraging and diet Red-browed pardalotes are sedentary and hold foraging territories throughout the year . They are usually seen singly, in pairs or small groups of up to five or six birds . They are arboreal and spend most of their time foraging in the foliage of eucalypt trees . Their 'scoop-shaped' bill is used to glean insects and lerps (exudates of psyllids) from the leaf surface , . Lerps are a major food source for pardalotes providing sugar and carbohydrates . They also consume arthropods, beetles (Coleoptera species), gum leaf beetle (Paropsis species), flies, mosquitoes, flowerflies, leafhoppers, shield bugs, psyllids, bees, ants, wasps and vegetable matter . Breeding The red-browed pardalote breeds between July and December and after rainfall in arid zones . Pairs are monogamous and maintain breeding territories ,