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Genus: Sitta (29 species)

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Siberian Nuthatch (Sitta arctica) Range: PAL: ne Siberia


Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea nigriventer) Range: OR: montane Malay Pen., Sumatra and Java Cibodas Bot.Gardens, West Java, Indonesia
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Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Range: NA: widespread North Roosevelt Trap, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA
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White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis carolinensis) Range: NA, MA: widespread, also n Mexico Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Photograph by Kelly Colgan Azar Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Kashmir Nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis) Range: OR: Pakistan, Afghanistan, n India and Nepal Pakistan
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Indian Nuthatch (Sitta castanea) Range: OR: India, sw Nepal, ?sw Bangladesh


Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris) Range: OR: n Pakistan to n se Asia
Photograph by Bob Du © All Rights Reserved.

Male has a chestnut belly, and female has a lighter/paler colored belly.


Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea hispaniensis) Range: PAL: widespread Monfragüe, Spain
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa) Vulnerable Range: OR: Himalayas to nw Vietnam Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Photograph by Gareth Knass © All Rights Reserved.


Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) Range: OR: India to se China and Greater Sundas (except Bali) Chiang Mai, Thailand
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


White-tailed Nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis) Range: OR: Himalayas to nw Vietnam Bhutan
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Bahama Nuthatch (Sitta insularis) Critically Endangered Range: NA: Grand Bahama (perhaps extinct)


Krueper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi) Range: PAL: Lesbos (far e Greece), w, n, s Turkey, far sw Russia and w Georgia Lesvoz, Greece
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Algerian Nuthatch (Sitta ledanti) Endangered Range: AF: montane ne Algeria


White-cheeked Nuthatch (Sitta leucopsis) Range: OR: w Himalayas Naltar, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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Giant Nuthatch (Sitta magna magna) Endangered Range: OR: sc China to nw Thailand Doi Angkhang, Chiangmai, Thailand.
Photograph by Somchai Kanchanasut © All Rights Reserved.

The largest species of nuthatch at almost 20 cm. is found in mountain pine forests, and is threatened by deforestation.


Chestnut-vented Nuthatch (Sitta nagaensis montium) Range: OR: Tibet to sc Vietnam Baihualing, Yunnan, China
Photograph by Bob Du © All Rights Reserved.

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Burmese Nuthatch (Sitta neglecta) Range: OR: Myanmar to s Vietnam


Western Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer) Range: PAL: sw
Photograph by Crotach on Flickr © All Rights Reserved.


Sulphur-billed Nuthatch (Sitta oenochlamys apo) Range: OR: Philippines (except Mindoro, Palawan group and Sulu Arch.) Mindanao, Philippines
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Przevalski's Nuthatch (Sitta przewalskii) Range: PAL: se Tibet, wc China Baxi Forest, Sichuan, China
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Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) Range: NA: se USA Florida,
Photograph by Danny Bales © All Rights Reserved.


Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) Range: NA, MA: sw Canada to w Mexico Santa Ana Mountains, California, United States
Photograph by Tom Benson Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.


Yellow-billed Nuthatch (Sitta solangiae) Near Threatened Range: OR: Vietnam, Laos and se China Vietnam
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.


Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) Range: PAL: sc Armenia
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


White-browed Nuthatch (Sitta victoriae) Endangered Range: OR: Mt. Victoria (sw Myanmar) Mount Victoria, Chin, Myanmar
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

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Chinese Nuthatch (Sitta villosa) Range: PAL: e

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Corsican Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi) Vulnerable Range: PAL: montane Corsica

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Yunnan Nuthatch (Sitta yunnanensis) Near Threatened Range: OR: sw China

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