Chinese nuthatch
The Chinese nuthatch or snowy-browed nuthatch (Sitta villosa) is a species of bird in the family Sittidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, China, North Korea, and South Korea.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sittidae |
| Genus: | Sitta |
| Species: | S. villosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sitta villosa Verreaux, 1865 | |
Description
The Chinese nuthatch grows to 12 cm in length. Both sexes have bluish-grey backs, and buff to orange-cinnamon breasts. The males has a black cap and eyestripe with a white supercilium, and whitish cheeks and throats, while the female has a grey crown, with a narrower supercilium, and is generally duller and browner above and below than the male. The Chinese nuthatch is found in mature coniferous forests or groves of trees.[3]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Sitta villosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Nazarenko, A.A. (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 64. The range of the Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa and an evaluation of subspecies validity". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80: 265–271. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- A Field Guide to the Birds of Korea (2000). ISBN 89-951415-3-0.
Further reading
- Nazarenko, Alexander A.; Steinheimer, Frank D.; Surmach, Sergei G. (2010). "Systematic notes on Asian Birds 73: On the validity of Sitta villosa corea Ogilvie-Grant, 1906, from the Korean Peninsula, SW Ussuriland and NE China" (PDF). British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publication. 5: 117–124.
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