Chinese Nuthatch

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Chinese Nuthatch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Genus: Sitta
Species: S. villosa
Binomial name
Sitta villosa
Verreaux, 1865

The Chinese Nuthatch or Snowy-browed Nuthatch (Sitta villosa) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in China, North Korea, and South Korea.[2]

Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sitta villosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  2. Nazarenko A.A. Systematic notes on Asian birds. 64. The range of the Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa and an evaluation of subspecies validity. Zool. Med. Leiden 80-5 (16), 21.xii.2006: 265-271.— ISSN 0024-0672. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?idno=m8005a18;c=zoomed


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