Varied Sittella: Female, upside down

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera ssp pileata)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Perching Birds (Passeriformes)

Family:

Sittella (Neosittidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera ssp pileata)

This Photo:

🔍Female, upside down🔎

Thank you Alan Melville for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Ours are the "Black-capped Race"
Often upside down. Very pretty black & white chequered rump. Yellow legs, beak and eye-ring.
Orange stripe on its wings when flying.
Upturned beak.
Female is actually prettier than the male.

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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