Other Names (World)
Southern Whiteface, Eastern Whiteface (leucopsis), Western Whiteface, Central Australian Whiteface, Chestnut-bellied Whiteface, Western Whiteface, Western Pallid Whiteface (castaneiventris), Pallid Whiteface (castaneiventris), Common Whiteface, White-faced Titmouse, White-faced Squeaker, Tomtit, Whiteface
Nest
Domed, loosely composed of strips of bark and grasses. lined with soft materials, usually placed in the cavity of a stump or post or in a thick shrub. Often built in a shed or dwelling.
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 5; dull white to buff, lightly marked with brown to red freckled - at times spotting is indistinctl oblong-oval; about 19 x 14 mm.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 - 20 days.
Subspecies
Paler birds from south-central Australia (southern Northern Territory, north-western South Australia and adjacent Western Australia) included in nominate, but sometimes considered to represent an additional subspecies, whitei.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
leucopsis (Gould, 1841) - Inland south-eastern and south-central Australia, from the western slopes of the Great Divide of southern Qld - Vic and the southern coast of western Vic, SA and south-eastern WA, west and north to south-western Qld, and centralian ranges.
castaneiventris (Milligan, 1903) - South-central WA from western Nullarbor Plain and the western edge of the Great Victoria Desert, west and north to Shark Bay and Pilbara, WA.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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