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title: "Varied Sittella"
description: "Daphoenositta chrysoptera — Aves. The varied sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera) is a small songbird native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/varied-sittella
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Varied Sittella

> Daphoenositta chrysoptera — Aves. The varied sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera) is a small songbird native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Daphoenositta chrysoptera*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 2041
- iNaturalist taxon: [979682](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979682)

## Names

- en: Varied Sittella
- de: Spiegelkleiber
- fr: Néositte variée

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1969)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Varied Sittella](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/varied-sittella/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221499388

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/varied-sittella?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).