Passeriformes
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
HBW 13, p. 102
- Small to medium-sized arboreal passerines with short tail, short rounded wings, and medium-long dagger-like bill; plumage grey or bluish above, with blackish eyestripe, and whitish with variable buff, chestnut or lilac below.
- Palearctic and Oriental Regions, with four species in Nearctic Region.
- Forest, woodland, parks and gardens; two species in bare rocky areas, cliffs, ravines and gorges.
- 1 genus, 27 species, 92 taxa.
- 4 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 145 8 65 72 8 1 Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- 11 3 8 8 2 Chestnut-vented Nuthatch (Sitta nagaensis)
- 1 1 8 3 Kashmir Nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis)
- 12 1 7 4 8 4 Indian Nuthatch (Sitta castanea)
- 5 1 2 2 8 5 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris)
- 0 8 6 Neglected Nuthatch (Sitta neglecta)
- 6 1 4 1 8 7 White-tailed Nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis)
- 7 6 1 3 8 White-browed Nuthatch (Sitta victoriae)
- 17 1 7 9 8 9 Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- 8 1 6 1 8 10 Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
- 3 1 2 8 11 Corsican Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi)
- 0 3 12 Algerian Nuthatch (Sitta ledanti)
- 11 1 7 3 6 13 Krueper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi)
- 10 1 3 6 8 14 Chinese Nuthatch (Sitta villosa)
- 5 2 3 6 15 Yunnan Nuthatch (Sitta yunnanensis)
- 47 2 31 14 8 16 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- 2 2 8 17 White-cheeked Nuthatch (Sitta leucopsis)
- 1 1 8 18 Przewalski's Nuthatch (Sitta przewalskii)
- 48 1 36 11 8 19 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- 24 1 10 13 8 20 Western Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer)
- 12 2 3 7 8 21 Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)
- 22 12 10 8 22 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis)
- 2 2 6 23 Yellow-billed Nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)
- 8 1 4 3 8 24 Sulphur-billed Nuthatch (Sitta oenochlamys)
- 5 2 3 8 25 Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea)
- 5 2 2 1 4 26 Giant Nuthatch (Sitta magna)
- 5 3 2 4 27 Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa)
Family statistics
1 genus, 27 species
| 421 files covering | |
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| 1 genus | (100%) |
| 25 species | (93%) |
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