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Nuthatches (Sittidae)

Krueper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi) - HBW 13, p. 134

French: Sittelle de Krüper German: Türkenkleiber Spanish: Trepador de Krüper

Taxonomy: Sitta krüperi Pelzeln, 1863, Smyrna (Izmir), west Turkey.
A member of a species group that contains also S. whiteheadi, S. ledanti, S. villosa, S. yunnanensis and S. canadensis, and all sometimes thought to form a superspecies. Present species has sometimes been treated as conspecific with S. canadensis, at least, but differs from that and all others of group in having rufous breast patch (significant in courtship and territorial display) and relatively large difference between adults and juveniles. Recent evidence from mitochondrial DNA suggests that its closest relative is S. ledanti, with .. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Sitta krüperi Pelzeln, 1863, Smyrna (Izmir), west Turkey.
A member of a species group that contains also S. whiteheadi, S. ledanti, S. villosa, S. yunnanensis and S. canadensis, and all sometimes thought to form a superspecies. Present species has sometimes been treated as conspecific with S. canadensis, at least, but differs from that and all others of group in having rufous breast patch (significant in courtship and territorial display) and relatively large difference between adults and juveniles. Recent evidence from mitochondrial DNA suggests that its closest relative is S. ledanti, with more distant relationship to S. canadensis, S. whiteheadi and S. villosa (no S. yunnanensis material was available for analysis). Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme E Greece (Lesbos), Turkey (except most of C & E), extreme SW Russia (Krasnodar region and N watershed of NW Caucasus) and S Georgia (foothills of Kuzey AnadoluMts).

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