Passeriformes

Sittellas (Neosittidae)

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• Small, dumpy passerines with short tail, disproportionately long and broad wings, dagger-shaped or slightly upturned bill, and rather short legs with long toes; one species mostly black, the other brown and white with variable streaking.
• Australia and New Guinea.
• Forest and woodland, one species in montane rainforest.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 14 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.