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

Small bird
nanoboy, 5 Apr 2013
    • nanoboy
      Small, fast flying bird in the Long Forest Flora Reserve in Victoria, Australia
      5 Apr 2013
    • nanoboy
      And another view of the same bird.
      5 Apr 2013
    • Chlidonias
      varied sitella. Those are cool little birds.
      5 Apr 2013
    • vogelcommando
      because of the yellow eye-ring I also go for sittella, am however not sure about the species.
      5 Apr 2013
    • Chlidonias
      there is only one species in Australia
      5 Apr 2013
    • nanoboy
      Varied sittella it is then. Cheers!
      5 Apr 2013
    • Chlidonias
      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.
      5 Apr 2013
    • nanoboy
      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.
      6 Apr 2013
    • zooboy28
      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.
      6 Apr 2013
    • Chlidonias
      you should go out birding with nanoboy: he can find them and you can tell him what they are.
      6 Apr 2013
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    5 Apr 2013
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