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Sitta formosa

[edit] Identification

• Black back streaked white
• Bright blue upper back, rump and shoulders
• Dull orange underparts
• Pale face
  

Sexes and young birds are similar

[edit] Distribution

North east India, Bhutan, Burma, Northern Vietnam and Southern China (Yunnan).

[edit] Taxonomy

Monootypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Dense forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[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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