Small bird

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  nanoboy

• 5 Apr 2013

Small, fast flying bird in the Long Forest Flora Reserve in Victoria, Australia

 

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  nanoboy

• 5 Apr 2013

And another view of the same bird.

 

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  Chlidonias

• 5 Apr 2013

varied sitella. Those are cool little birds.

 

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  vogelcommando

• 5 Apr 2013

because of the yellow eye-ring I also go for sittella, am however not sure about the species.

 

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  Chlidonias

• 5 Apr 2013

there is only one species in Australia

 

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  nanoboy

• 5 Apr 2013

Varied sittella it is then. Cheers!

 

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  Chlidonias

• 5 Apr 2013

if it's of any interest, sittella means "little nuthatch" (from the nuthatch genus Sitta) because they lead a similar lifestyle creeping around on tree-trunks.

 

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  nanoboy

• 6 Apr 2013

Chlidonias said:

if it's of any interest, sittella means "little nuthatch" (from the nuthatch genus Sitta) because they lead a similar lifestyle creeping around on tree-trunks.

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Cheers for that. I had posted a nuthatch pic from Mongolia for identification a few months ago and this Aussie bird reminded me of that one.

 

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  zooboy28

• 6 Apr 2013

So I have been reading the Pizzey & Knight Australian bird field guide, and it says (in the section about using bird habits as ID tools) that you can tell sittellas from treecreepers by their movements on tree trunks - the creepers work their way up from the base, sittellas start at the top. Pretty cool thing to know I reckon. I hope I get to see these birds soon.

 

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  Chlidonias

• 6 Apr 2013

you should go out birding with nanoboy: he can find them and you can tell him what they are.