Nuthatches
Sitta
The nuthatches constitute a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs. Most species exhibit grey or bluish upperparts and a black eye stripe.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 29 known species
White-breasted Nuthatch
speciesSitta carolinensis
Eurasian Nuthatch
speciesSitta europaea
Red-breasted Nuthatch
speciesSitta canadensis
Pygmy Nuthatch
speciesSitta pygmaea
Brown-headed Nuthatch
speciesSitta pusilla
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
speciesSitta frontalis
Western Rock Nuthatch
speciesSitta neumayer
Algerian Nuthatch
speciesSitta ledanti
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
speciesSitta nagaensis
White-tailed Nuthatch
speciesSitta himalayensis
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
speciesSitta cinnamoventris
Snowy-browed Nuthatch
speciesSitta villosa
Eastern Rock Nuthatch
speciesSitta tephronota
Krüper's Nuthatch
speciesSitta krueperi
Sulphur-billed Nuthatch
speciesSitta oenochlamys
Blue Nuthatch
speciesSitta azurea
Indian Nuthatch
speciesSitta castanea
Corsican Nuthatch
speciesSitta whiteheadi
Giant Nuthatch
speciesSitta magna
Yellow-billed Nuthatch
speciesSitta solangiae
Beautiful Nuthatch
speciesSitta formosa
Burmese Nuthatch
speciesSitta neglecta
Przevalski's Nuthatch
speciesSitta przewalskii
Yunnan Nuthatch
speciesSitta yunnanensis
Kashmir Nuthatch
speciesSitta cashmirensis
White-cheeked Nuthatch
speciesSitta leucopsis
White-browed Nuthatch
speciesSitta victoriae
Bahama Nuthatch
speciesSitta insularis
Siberian Nuthatch
speciesSitta arctica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.597
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.711
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.712
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.96
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.50
Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series
Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.222
Valeriano: Hieroglyphica (1575)
Pierio Valeriano · 1556 · p.341
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.708
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.712
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.704
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.696
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.695
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14800.