Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Indian Nuthatch (Sitta castanea) - HBW 13, p. 129
French: Sittelle indienne
German: Kastanienkleiber
Spanish: Trepador Indio
Taxonomy: Sitta castanea Lesson, 1830, no locality = Bengal, India.
Forms a superspecies with S. europaea, S. nagaensis, S. cashmirensis, S. cinnamoventris and S. neglecta; formerly treated as conspecific with last two of these, but differs morphologically from both. Birds in S Bangladesh (Sundarbans) presumed to belong to this species, rather than to S. cinnamoventris. Birds from Anantagiri, in NE Andhra Pradesh (E India), described as race prateri on basis of slightly longer bill and paler underparts, but variation slight and naming of geographical races considered unwarranted. Monotypic.
Distribution: India on Gangetic Plain and terai from SC Punjab and E Rajasthan E to Bihar and West Bengal, and from N Maharashtra E to Orissa and S to N Andhra Pradesh, also in foothills of S Western Ghats from S Karnataka S through Nilgiris to Palghat hills (E Kerala and W Tamil Nadu); also SW Nepal and S Bangladesh (Sundarbans).
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A male feeding. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 8 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
A bird pecking on a hole trunk. Locality Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 6 years ago 1 min 4.5 -
A male singing. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp castanea)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 44 sec 4.3 -
A male moving and foraging in a tree. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp castanea)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 13 sec 3.6
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A female with prey
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 28 August 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird perched
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 13 May 2010 3 years ago 3.7 -
A bird foraging
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 17 February 2010 3 years ago 3.2 -
A male
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 9 March 2013 8 weeks ago 3 -
A male in a tree.
Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp castanea)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 3 -
feeding crwling on bark of the tree
Locality Pachmarhi Hills, Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh, India
jugal Tiwari 25 April 2009 2 years ago 2
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Several songs of a male. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India
(ssp castanea)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 4
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