Blue Nuthatch
Sitta azureaLesson, RP, 1830
English (US) Blue Nuthatch
The Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sittidae (Nuthatches) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Sitta azurea
- Family
- Sittidae (Nuthatches)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue Nuthatch
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Sitta azurea expectata
- Sitta azurea nigriventer
- Sitta azurea azurea
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
- Type locality
- no type locality; Mt. Ardjuno, eastern Java designated by Robinson and Kloss, 1919, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 40, p. 17.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.4 p.316
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Sitta leucopsis
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Giant Nuthatch
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Beautiful Nuthatch
Sitta formosa
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
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Yellow-billed Nuthatch
Sitta solangiae
Sulphur-billed Nuthatch
Sitta oenochlamys
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla
Bahama Nuthatch
Sitta insularis
Yunnan Nuthatch
Sitta yunnanensis
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