Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Sitta tephronotaSharpe, RB, 1872
English (US) Eastern Rock Nuthatch
The Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) 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 tephronota
- Family
- Sittidae (Nuthatches)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eastern Rock Nuthatch
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1872
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Sitta tephronota obscura
- Sitta tephronota dresseri
- Sitta tephronota tephronota
- Sitta tephronota iranica
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1872
- Type locality
- Kokand, Fergana, Uzbeck, S.S.R.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.10, no.60 p.450
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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