Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea) - HBW 13, p. 144
French:
Sittelle bleue
German: Schwarzbauchkleiber
Spanish:
Trepador Azur
Other common names: Azure Nuthatch
Taxonomy: Sitta azurea
Lesson, 1830, “no locality” = Mount Ardjuno, east Java.
Relationships
within genus unclear; has been placed in a separate genus,
Poecilositta. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- expectata (E. J. O. Hartert, 1914) - extreme S Thailand (Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary), Peninsular Malaysia (in hills and mountains S to Selangor and Pahang) and Sumatra (Bukit Barisan range).
- nigriventer (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - W Java.
- azurea Lesson, 1830 - E Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird eating something on the ground behind a trunk Locality Mount Kerinci, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp expectata)
John Gregory 1999 4 years ago 13 sec 3.6 -
A bird foraging on the trunk of a tree, and flying away. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp expectata)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 18 sec 3 -
An adult climbing and feeding in a tree Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp expectata)
Tom Tarrant 31 July 1994 8 years ago 22 sec 2.9
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Blue Nuthatch, Sitta azurea nigriventer. A common bird in Gunung Gede National Park often in pairs, leading bird waves through
Locality Gunung Gede, Gede Pangrango National Park , West Java Province, Java (Indonesia) (ssp nigriventer)
BirdExplorers 20 April 2012 5 weeks ago 4
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