Varied Sittella

The Varied Sittella, Daphoenositta chrysoptera is a small, around 10-11 cm long, songbird native to Australia and New Guinea. Its crown is white, grey, black or a mixture of the three, and its body is whitish, grey or brown, sometimes streaked with black. Its wings are black, with a broad bar in either white or cinnamon.

The Varied Sittella is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

dimorphic Australian species, the Varied Sittella (left and below in beautiful shots by Hans & Judy Beste). Varied Sittella occurs throughout Australia wherever there are dry woodlands, avoiding open desert or rain forest. The Varied Sittella has very different plumage patterns east to west, north to south. The one shown here is the southern race pileata with a black cap (male) or black head/white throat (female). More

most common species, the Varied Sittella, was once thought to represent several separate species, including five species in Australia, but in spite of considerable variation in plumage there are extensive zones of hybridization where the forms overlap (including an area of Queensland where all five Australian subspecies exist), and are now thought to be a single species with eleven subspecies. The Black Sittella has three recognized subspecies. More

The Varied Sittella, Daphoenositta chrysoptera is a small, around 10-11 cm long, songbird native to Australia and New Guinea. Its crown is white, grey, black or a mixture of the three, and its body is whitish, grey or brown, sometimes streaked with black. Its wings are black, with a broad bar in either white or cinnamon. More

Identification: The varied sittella has a grey body and breast, white head and tail tip and blak wings and remaining parts of the body. There is an orange spot on the midline of the wing. Call/Song: Makes a thin, high- pitched call resembling a variation of psee-psee-tsiki-tsiki-tsiki-wit-wit-wit. Found throughout mainland Australia. Habitat:Common in woodland, malee, mulga and most other types of forest. More

A Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera), photographed in the Binya State Forest NSW. EXIF: Canon EOS 30D : 1/100 sec : f/5.6 : 400 mm : ISO 125 Categories: Photoblogs.org - The Photoblogging Resource View My Profile coolphotoblogs.com Birding Top 500 Counter VFXY Photos Vazaar photo blogs, top photoblogs 3758612 visitors | 1000 photos | RSS 2. More

The Varied Sittella is a small (10 cm) songbird with a sharp, slightly upturned bill, short tail, barred undertail, and yellow eyes and feet. In flight the orange wing-bar and white rump are prominent. In NSW most birds have a grey head and are streaked with dark brown, but in the extreme north-east they have a white head, and in the extreme south-west a black cap. Sittellas are much more active and acrobatic among branches than the larger treecreepers. 2. More