Varied Sittella
Female, sitting in nest
Southern Crested Bellbird
Fledgling
| Varied Sittella Female, sitting in nest | | Southern Crested Bellbird Fledgling | | ||
 | 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 feeding juvenile | ||||
Thank you Alan Melville for confirming the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: Here we see Mum calling "Come and get dinner", a juvenile responding and then getting fed. All in less than a second. There was a family of about 5 Sittellas plus those in the nest. The parents were having a hard time feeding the 3 juveniles plus chicks in the nest.. Notice the fan tail and orange stripe under the wing on the adult. 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. | |||||
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