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title: "Eastern Shriketit"
description: "Falcunculus frontatus — Uccelli. The eastern shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Falcunculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-shriketit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Shriketit

> Falcunculus frontatus — Uccelli. The eastern shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Falcunculidae.

- Scientific name: *Falcunculus frontatus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1406
- iNaturalist taxon: [1435879](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1435879)

## Names

- en: Eastern Shriketit
- de: Meisendickkopf
- fr: Falconelle à casque

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1350)

## Summary

The eastern shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Falcunculidae. It is also known as bark tit, crested tit or yellow-bellied tit.
It is found in south-eastern Australia from the southeast of South Australia, throughout Victoria, eastern New South Wales to southeastern Queensland, with some scattered occurrences further north and west in Queensland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_shriketit

## Photo

![Eastern Shriketit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-shriketit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127366310

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-shriketit?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).