Nuthatch (genus)
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Canada Kleber ( Sitta canadensis ) |
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The nuthatches ( Sitta ) are a genus of songbirds that are the only genus of the Sittidae family in the system presented here .
Nuthatches are small climbing birds with a powerful pecker. They live on trees and rocks. They are local cave breeders that are found in North America and Eurasia. It was not until 1976 that the Kabylenkleiber was discovered, which occurs at a relic location in the Lesser Kabylia in northern Algeria and thus settles in a region where the Kleiber was not suspected.
The nests of the nuthatch species are in tree hollows or in cracks in the rock, which they repair with plant material. The entrances are often closed with clay or made smaller. They eat invertebrates and plant seeds. Males and females are colored similarly.
species
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Sitta
- Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea )
- Siberian nuthatch ( Sitta arctica )
- Chestnut- bellied nuthatch ( Sitta nagaensis )
- Cashmere nuthatch ( Sitta cashmirensis )
- Cinnamon Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea )
- Cinnamon-bellied nuthatch ( Sitta cinnamoventris )
- Burmese cattle ( Sitta neglecta )
- White-tailed nuthatch ( Sitta himalayensis )
- White- browed nuthatch ( Sitta victoriae )
- Dwarf nuthatch ( Sitta pygmaea )
- Brown-headed nuthatch ( Sitta pusilla )
- Corsican nuthatch ( Sitta whiteheadi )
- Kabylenkleiber ( Sitta ledanti )
- Turkish nuthatch ( Sitta krueperi )
- Yunnankleiber ( Sitta yunnanensis )
- Canada Kleber ( Sitta canadensis )
- Chinese Kleiber ( Sitta villosa )
- White-cheeked nuthatch ( Sitta leucopsis )
- Przewalskikleiber ( Sitta przewalskii )
- Carolinensis ( sitta carolinensis )
- Rock nuthatch ( Sitta neumayer )
- Cliff nuthatch ( Sitta tephronota )
- Velvet Nuthatch ( Sitta frontalis )
- Yellow-billed nuthatch ( Sitta solangiae )
- Sulfur- billed nuthatch ( Sitta oenochlamys )
- Black-bellied nuthatch ( Sitta azurea )
- Giant nuthatch ( Sitta magna )
- Ornamental nuthatch ( Sitta formosa )
Some authors also include the genus Tichodroma , which is the only species containing the wall creeper ( T. muraria ), to the family of nuthatches. According to the current presentation (2018) of the International Ornithological Union (IOU) , this genus is listed as a separate family Tichodromidae. Both genera are genetically very close in any case.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/nuthatch/ IOC World Bird List: Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers
- ↑ Dominic Couzens: Rare Birds - Survivors, Evolution Losers and the Lost. Haupt Verlag, Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-258-07629-4 , pp. 172-176.
- ^ Elke Brüser: Distant builders. In: flapping wings and quiet step. June 15, 2018, accessed November 15, 2019 .
- ↑ J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie & E. de Juana: Taxonomic structure and notes. (No longer available online.) In: Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Formerly in the original ; accessed on August 10, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
