Varied Sittella

declining

Daphoenositta chrysoptera · (Latham, 1802)

Taxonomic intelligence

Recorded as Daphoenositta chrysopteracurrently accepted as Daphoenositta chrysoptera

Animalia / Chordata / Aves / Passeriformes / Neosittidae

Range and trajectory

Known range: Australia

Observed range: Historically at Castlereagh and Scheyville; 2024–2026 demonstration surveys: not recorded

Relative detections (demonstration)

Habitat, pressure, coverage

woodland canopy

Pressures: fragmentation; canopy simplification

Monitoring: Bird surveys; acoustic classifier low-confidence hits only

Evidence gaps: whether local disappearance is seasonal movement

Conservation

EPBC not listed

NSW vulnerable