White-cheeked Nuthatch

White-cheeked Nuthatch
at Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Genus: Sitta
Species: S. leucopsis
Binomial name
Sitta leucopsis
Gould, 1850

The White-cheeked Nuthatch (Sitta leucopsis) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

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