Beautiful Nuthatch
Sitta formosaBlyth, E, 1843
English (US) Beautiful Nuthatch
The Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa) 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: Sikkim and Bhutan to Yunnan, Myanmar, and northwestern TonkinRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sitta formosa
- Family
- Sittidae (Nuthatches)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Beautiful Nuthatch
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1843
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1843
- Type locality
- Blyth).
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12, pt.2, no.143 p.938
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Blue Nuthatch
Sitta azurea
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
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Yellow-billed Nuthatch
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Sulphur-billed Nuthatch
Sitta oenochlamys
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla
Bahama Nuthatch
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Yunnan Nuthatch
Sitta yunnanensis
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