Przevalski's Nuthatch
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| Przevalski's Nuthatch | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sittidae |
| Genus: | Sitta |
| Species: | S. przewalskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sitta przewalskii (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891) | |
Przevalski's Nuthatch (Sitta przewalskii) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found from southeastern Tibet to west central China. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the White-cheeked Nuthatch.
Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests. 13 cm (5 in) long, white cheeks, chin, throat, and underparts, upper parts mostly dark grey.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Russian explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky.[1]
References
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 276.
- Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia. The Ripley guide. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona
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