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| | + | [[Image:White-tailed_Nuthatch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rajiv+Lather|Rajiv Lather}}<br>[[India]]]] |
| | + | '''Alternative name: Himalayan Nuthatch''' |
| | ;[[:Category:Sitta|Sitta]] himalayensis | | ;[[:Category:Sitta|Sitta]] himalayensis |
| - | [[Image:White-tailed_Nuthatch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rajiv+Lather|Rajiv Lather}}<br>Location: [[India]]]] | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | Buff underside, white upper tail coverts, small bill, rufous-orange underparts with unmarked bright rufous undertail-coverts. | | Buff underside, white upper tail coverts, small bill, rufous-orange underparts with unmarked bright rufous undertail-coverts. |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> |
| | + | Formerly considered conspecific with [[White-browed Nuthatch]]. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Broad leaved and mixed forest, moist forests and montanes. | | Broad leaved and mixed forest, moist forests and montanes. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Feeds on insects, nuts and seeds.<br /> |
| | + | Forages singly and in pairs. In summer and early autumn also in small flocks and outside breeding-season often in mixed-species flocks.<br /> |
| | + | Breeding season March to May in Indian Subcontinent. The nest is placed in a tree cavity, if the hole is too large it will be reduced to 25-38 mm. Lays 4 to 7 eggs.<br /> |
| | + | A resident species with some altitudinal movements. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol13}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Sitta+himalayensis}} | | {{GSearch|Sitta+himalayensis}} |
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Alternative name: Himalayan Nuthatch
- Sitta himalayensis
Identification
Buff underside, white upper tail coverts, small bill, rufous-orange underparts with unmarked bright rufous undertail-coverts.
Distribution
Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with White-browed Nuthatch.
Habitat
Broad leaved and mixed forest, moist forests and montanes.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects, nuts and seeds.
Forages singly and in pairs. In summer and early autumn also in small flocks and outside breeding-season often in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding season March to May in Indian Subcontinent. The nest is placed in a tree cavity, if the hole is too large it will be reduced to 25-38 mm. Lays 4 to 7 eggs.
A resident species with some altitudinal movements.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
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