Geoff's Gallery:   Varied Sittella (1/4)

PASSERIFORMES: Neosittidae

Daphoenositta chrysoptera  

I was watching a sittella high in the top of a tree and lamenting how poor the photos would be when one flew down to a slender sapling right next to me. I had time for one shot and it was gone.

Sittellas seem to work down a tree while treecreepers start low and work up a tree.

There are at least five recognised races of Varied Sittella in Australia.

This is leucocephala, White-headed Sittella.