Varied Sittella
Daphoenositta chrysoptera
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Neosittidae
- Genus
- Daphoenositta
- eBird Code
- varsit8
Subspecies (5)
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Daphoenositta chrysoptera chrysoptera
southeastern Australia (central southern Queensland to Victoria)
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Daphoenositta chrysoptera leucocephala
eastern Australia (central to southeastern Queensland)
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Daphoenositta chrysoptera leucoptera
northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia eastward to northwestern Queensland)
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Daphoenositta chrysoptera pileata
southwestern Australia (Pilbara region, central Western Australia, to southwestern Queensland and western Victoria)
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Daphoenositta chrysoptera striata
northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.