The red-browed pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus) is a small brightly coloured insectivorous passerine, endemic to Australia . A gleaning specialist, they forage primarily in eucalypt trees . The Latin word rubricatus means 'red-ochred' which is descriptive of their orange-red eyebrow . Other common names include red-browed diamondbird, bellbird, cape red-browed, pale red-browed, fawn-eyed, fawn-eyebrowed and pallid or red-lored pardalote . Taxonomy Red-browed pardalotes belong to the order Passeriformes and family Pardalotidae of which four species are recognised: red-browed pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus, spotted pardalote Pardalotus punctatus, forty-spotted pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus and striated pardalote Pardalotus striatus. Historically, the family Pardalotidae included pardalotes and acanthizid warblers; gerygones, scrubwrens and thornbills . However, recent phylogenetic and morphological studies , indicate that pardalotes are more closely related to honeyeaters than acanthizid warblers, which resulted in the separation of this group into two families, Pardalotidae and Acanthizidae . The pardalote, acanthizid warbler, honeyeater and bristlebird family, form a monophyletic group . Subspecies Matthews described the subspecies Pardalotus yorki in 1913 . Their range begins at the base of the Gulf of Carpentaria and extends north along the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland . Difference in morphology and plumage distinguish this subspecies from the nominate race . Description Adult red–browed pardalotes are a large pardalote with an average length of 105 mm and wingspan of 60–66 mm. Males weigh approximately 10.9g and females weigh 10.8 g. The average length of the male tarsus is 18.3 mm and female tarsus is 18.5 mm . The subspecies yorki are smaller in size, 100–120 mm long and weigh less at 9.3 g. The average length of the male tarsus is 17.4 mm and female tarsus is 17.3 mm , . Their wingspan is 58–62 mm in length . The red–browed pardalote does not exhibit plumage that changes seasonally and is not sexually dichromatic . The nominate race rubricatus have a pale iris, a black crown with distinctive white spots and a yellow to buff supercilium. They have a red to orange-red brow and a yellow breast patch with yellow wing panels , . Juvenile birds are generally paler in comparison to adults . They have a darker iris that is olive to pale olive, a duller crown with less obvious patterning and a dull orange-yellow brow . The sub-species yorki are generally more brightly coloured than the nominate race . They have an iris that is straw-brown or yellow,