Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa) - HBW 13, p. 145
French:
Sittelle superbe
German: Schmuckkleiber
Spanish:
Trepador Hermoso
Taxonomy: Sitta formosa
Blyth, 1843, Darjeeling, India.
Relationships
obscure; has been placed in a separate genus, Callisitta.
Lustrous blue coloration may suggest an affinity with S.
frontalis and S.
azurea, but E Himalayan centre of
distribution and unique plumage pattern militate against this.
Monotypic.
Distribution: NE India (NE West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam), SW, C & E Bhutan, N, W & E Myanmar (E Kachin, Mt Sarameti, Arakan Hills, and Salween-Mekong watershed E of Mong Hang), S China (Huanglianshan Nature Reserve, in S Yunnan), N Thailand (Doi Phu Kha National Park, in Nan province), N & EC Laos (Annamite range) and N Vietnam (scattered localities in N Tonkin).
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adult feeding on dried fig (probably), it has it jammed in to a crevice in a branch, moves position, and finally flies off with Locality Sessni Camp, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 13 April 2010 2 years ago 1 min 8 sec 4.2 -
adult feeding on lichen covered branch Locality Sessni Camp, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 13 April 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 3.3
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A bird amongst the epiphytes
Locality Zhemgang Road, Zhemgang District, Bhutan (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 3 April 2008 2 years ago 2.8
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