Pilotbird

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Pilotbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pardalotidae
Genus: Pycnoptilus
Species: P. floccosus
Binomial name
Pycnoptilus floccosus
Gould, 1851

The Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus) is a species of bird in the Pardalotidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pycnoptilus. It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

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  • Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422