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Certhia himalayana

Photo by kabeer
Location: Landour, Mussoorie, India, September, 2009

[edit] Identification

Dark barring on tail, white throat, and dull whitish or dirty greyish-buff underparts.

[edit] Distribution

Asia:
Asia: Russia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Burma

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 4 subspecies.

• C. h. taeniura:

• Central Asia and Afghanistan (north of the Hindu Kush)

• C. h. himalayana:

• Eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan and Himalayas (east to central Nepal)

• C. h. yunnanensis:

• South-western China and adjacent Burma

• C. h. ripponi:

• Western Burma (Mount Victoria)

[edit] Habitat

Boreal and temperate forests. Also well wooded areas in winter.

[edit] Behaviour

[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. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links