Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Kashmir Nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis) - HBW 13, p. 129
French:
Sittelle du Cachemire
German: Kaschmirkleiber
Spanish: Trepador de
Cachemira
Other common names: Brooks’s Nuthatch
Taxonomy: Sitta
cashmirensis W. E. Brooks, 1871, Kashmir.
Forms
a superspecies with S. europaea, S. nagaensis, S.
castanea, S. cinnamoventris and S. neglecta.
Intermediate in many respects between S. europaea and S.
castanea/S. cinnamoventris and has often been
treated as conspecific with one or other of these, but differs in
vocalizations and plumage (especially undertail-coverts); occurs
within 5 km of S. cinnamoventris in N Pakistan (Murree Hills).
One alarm call (like that of Garrulus jay) and nest
construction suggest possible affinity with S. neumayer and
Forms
a superspecies with S. europaea, S. nagaensis, S.
castanea, S. cinnamoventris and S. neglecta.
Intermediate in many respects between S. europaea and S.
castanea/S. cinnamoventris and has often been
treated as conspecific with one or other of these, but differs in
vocalizations and plumage (especially undertail-coverts); occurs
within 5 km of S. cinnamoventris in N Pakistan (Murree Hills).
One alarm call (like that of Garrulus jay) and nest
construction suggest possible affinity with S. neumayer and S.
tephronota. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Afghanistan (Nuristan and Kohistan S to Safed Koh), N Pakistan (S to extreme N Baluchistan, and W Himalayas E from Chitral) and Kashmir; also NW Nepal (Humla, Mugu, Jumla and Dolpo E to Phoksumdo Tal, S to Surkhet).
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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