PASSERIFORMES: Neosittidae

Daphoenositta chrysoptera  

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
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© Geoff Walker 2008
Enoggera Reservoir, QLD (Jun, 2008)

This sittella has found a tasty morsel to eat.

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

This is leucocephala, White-headed Sittella.

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)

Varied Sittella leucocephala

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)

Varied Sittella leucocephala

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)

Female Varied Sittella striata

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)

Female Varied Sittella striata