Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Nuthatches :: Eurasian Nuthatch

Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): European Nuthatch, Wood Nuthatch, Southern Nuthatch, Oriental Nuthatch, Chinese Nuthatch, Common Nuthatch, Nuthatch
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Guarda, Portugal - Mar 28, 2002 © Jose Viana  Montreuil-Juigné, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de La Loire, France - Mar 29, 2002 © Alain Fossé  Montreuil-Juigné, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de La Loire, France - May 7, 2001 © Alain Fossé  France - Dec, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard  France - Dec, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard 
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Range

(1) N. and e. Europe (s. Scandinavia e. across c. Russia).
(2) Ne. Siberia from the Lena Basin e. to Anadyrland, and n. Koryakland.
(3) Kamchatka and se. Koryakland.
(4) Wc. and se. Europe and n. Mediterranean (Britain to Greece).
(5) Protugal, Spain and nw. Africa (Morocco).
(6) Italy, Sicily, w. Slovenia, and w. Croatia.
(7) S. Turkey, Lebanon and Israel.
(8) Se. Turkey, n. Iraq, and sw. Iran.
(9) Caucasus of ne. Turkey.
(10) N. Iran and Azerbaijan.
(11) Russia from the sw. Ural Mountains e. to s. Siberia and the Sea of Okhotsk and s. to n. Mongolia, ne. China (nw. Manchuria), Kuril Is., and n. Japan (Hokkaido).
(12) W. China (e. Sinkiang (Xinjiang)).
(13) Nc. and e. China e. to Hebei, n. Guangdong, e. Szechwan and s. Yunnan, and Taiwan.
(14) Ne. China (Manchuria), se. Russian Far East, Korea, and c. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, n. Kyushu).
(15) S. Japan (s. Kyushu).
(16) Korea (Quelpart Is. (Cheiu Do)).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Avisoft
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Avisoft
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea
Taiwan - Date unknown Source: Wayne Hsu
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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