Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
NEOSITTIDAE
Genus
Daphoenositta
Species
chrysoptera
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Varied Sittella
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Not uncommon in lowland open forest.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Common and widespread in eucalypt forest favouring areas with rough-barked trees (eg ironbarks)
Known location
Tallebudgera Creek, Nerang, Ernest, Advancetown, Tallebudgera Creek EP, Pine Ridge CP, Burleigh Head
Other locality
Not uncommon in lowland open forest.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Open forest.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Will utilise partially cleared land. Most records are from lowland forests.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations