Indian Nuthatch
Sitta castaneaLesson, RP, 1830
English (US) Indian Nuthatch
The Indian Nuthatch (Sitta castanea) 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.
Range: foothills of northern and central India (Western Ghats)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sitta castanea
- Family
- Sittidae (Nuthatches)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Indian Nuthatch
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
- Type locality
- no locality; Bengal, fide Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 559.
- 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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