Daphoenositta chrysoptera

5 Varied Sittella at Watson, ACT

Daphoenositta chrysoptera at Watson, ACT - 31 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

Daphoenositta chrysoptera at Watson, ACT - 31 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

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Identification history

	Daphoenositta chrysoptera	3 Sep 2019	Illilanga
	Daphoenositta chrysoptera	3 Sep 2019	kdm

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2 comments

kdm wrote:

3 Sep 2019

It was chiseling off things from under the lichen. Grubs perhaps? or was it eating the lichen itself?

waltraud wrote:

3 Sep 2019

I assume arthropods of some kind; beautiful photo!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.168158 -35.229285
Places Watson, ACT

Sighting information

5 Abundance
31 Aug 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
kdm Recorded by
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kdm Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc) Other Birds Birds

Species information

Daphoenositta chrysoptera Scientific name
Varied Sittella Common name
Not Sensitive
Vulnerable *
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 969.9m Recorded at altitude
279 images trained Machine learning
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