Varied Sittella
A species of Sittellas Scientific name : Daphoenositta chrysoptera Genus : Sittellas
Varied Sittella, A species of Sittellas
Botanical name: Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Genus: Sittellas
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Description General Info
Description
Its crown and head can be white, grey or black, and its body is either whitish or grey often streaked with black and grey. Its wings are black, with a broad bar in either white or cinnamon. The iris is dark orange, and the eye-ring legs and feet are orange-yellow. The beak is orange with a black tip that can extend as far as the base. Colouration completely depends on the subspecies, and certain subspecies are known to hybridize. In the future some subspecies may become species in their own right. 
Size
14 cm
Feeding Habits
Varied Sittella primarily consumes insects, especially beetle larvae and adult beetles, supplemented by spiders, bugs, and other arthropods. They forage at various heights, demonstrating notable sexual differences in substrate and foraging levels. Their technique involves scaling bark to dislodge prey and using feet to manipulate food.
Habitat
Varied Sittella predominantly inhabits a range of dry forests and woodlands, especially areas with eucalyptus and dense vegetation like shrubby undergrowth or grassy covers. It also favors environments with abundant acacia species, including arid zones with tall shrublands, and woodlands characterized by casuarinas and paperbarks. Varied Sittella is less common in moist eucalypt forests and systematically avoids all types of rainforests.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Behavior
Flocks of these birds forage in trees of all heights, often descending down the trunks in a rather nuthatch-like fashion. Calls are short and rather high-pitched.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Sittellas Genus
Sittellas Species
Varied Sittella 
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