Varied Sittella

Daphoenositta chrysoptera

Gunbower Island, N Vic IMG_4172 20170324 - chrysoptera male: orange in wings, streaking on upper and underparts, grey cap.

Notes: Compact build, short tail & long, thin, slightly up-tilted bill; black & white barred undertail,
yellow-orange orbital ring, iris, legs, base of bill. Five ssp. Nominate ssp chrysoptera Orange-
winged Sittella; ssp leucocephala White-headed Sittella; ssp striata Striated Sittella;
ssp leucoptera White-winged Sittella; ssp pileata Black-capped Sittella.
Arboreal insectivore foraging downwards on branches, trunks of eucalypts.

Range from Morcombe©
You Yangs Park, Lara, S Vic IMG_7574 20190922 - chrysoptera female: orange in wings, black helmet. CLICK for another at Gunbower Isl., N Vic 20170324. Gold Scrub Lane, Samsonvale, SE Qld IMG_5214 20220618 - leucocephala head, neck all white, streaked breast, more
broadly streaked above & below than nominate. Sexes alike. Big Crystal Creek Camp, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_2831 20200817 - striata male: heavily streaked upper and lower parts,
black cap. CLICK for another. Springvale Road, Wondecla, FNE Qld IMG_4969 20221022 - striata CLICK for another pic. Mt Hart Rd, King Leopold Ranges, Gibb River Road, N WA IMG_9625 20180825 - leucoptera male: streaked upperparts,
white underparts, white in wing, black cap. Greater Bendigo NP, Kamarooka, NC Vic IMG_5025 20200119 - pileata female: pale unstreaked underparts, black cap on
right; young male: w. white face & underparts, streaked crown on left. Greater Bendigo NP, Kamarooka, NC Vic IMG_5001 20200119 - pileata female: pale unstreaked underparts, black cap on
right; juvenile: boldly streaked whitish on crown & mantle, pale underparts on left. Diamond Dove Dam, Greater Bendigo NP, Kamarooka, NC Vic IMG_5001 20200119 - pileata female: pale unstreaked under-
parts, black cap. Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnamulla, S Qld MVI_6401 20180617 - chrysoptera perhaps x leucoptera male: streaked upperparts,
orange in wing, dark cap, unstreaked whitish underparts. Greater Bendigo NP, Kamarooka, NC Vic IMG_5035 20200119 - pileata family: female w. black cap,
young male white w. streaked crown, juvenile w. streaking crown, mantle. Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnamulla, S Qld MVI_6400 20180617 - chrysoptera perhaps x leucoptera male: streaked upperparts,
orange in wing, dark cap, unstreaked whitish underparts. Gold Scrub Lane, Samsonvale, SE Qld IMG_5228 20220618 - leucocephala white headed.