Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
About the Varied Sittella
The varied sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera) is a small songbird native to Australia. About 10–11 cm long, it is also known as the Australian nuthatch, orange-winged sittella and the barkpecker. The varied sittella was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name Sitta chrysoptera. The generic name Daphoenositta is derived from Greek daphoinos/δαφοινός, 'blood-red, tawny' and sittē, a bird like a woodpecker mentioned by Aristotle. The specific name chrysoptera is from Greek khrusopteros/χρυσό-πτερος, 'golden-winged'. The species inhabits a broad range, and its appearance changes depending on its location, hence the name varied sittella. There are five subspecies: D. c. leucoptera (Gould, 1840) - northwest to north-central Australia (white-winged sittella)
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Listed as recorded in Australia in the xeno-canto catalogue.