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Alternative name: Kabylie Nuthatch

Sitta ledanti

[edit] Identification

13.5cm long

• Blue-grey above
• Buff below
• Black crown and eyestripe separated by a white supercilium
  

The female has a grey crown and eyestripe
Young birds are duller versions of the adults.

[edit] Distribution

North-eastern Algeria.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic

[edit] Habitat

Montane oak-cedar forests

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Diet includes insects and seeds, and seeds are also stored.

[edit] Breeding

It makes its nests in holes, usually in old pines, either self-excavated or old woodpecker nests.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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