Nuthatches (Sittidae)

Neglected Nuthatch (Sitta neglecta) - HBW 13, p. 130

French: Sittelle d'Indochine German: Burmakleiber Spanish: Trepador Indochino
Other common names: Burmese Nuthatch

Taxonomy: Sitta neglecta Walden, 1870, Karen Hills, Tonghoo District, Myanmar.
Forms a superspecies with S. europaea, S. nagaensis, S. cashmirensis, S. castanea and S. cinnamoventris; often treated as conspecific with last two of these, but differs morphologically; overlaps in range with S. cinnamoventris (race tonkinensis) in NW Thailand, where the two are separated altitudinally. Monotypic.

Distribution: Myanmar S from Bhamo Hills (S in W to at least Mt Victoria and in E to Mt Mulayit), N & W Thailand (S in W to Kanchanaburi), C & S Laos lowlands (S at least from Vientiane), Cambodia and S Vietnam (C Annam).