-
placed in the same
family as the
nuthatches, but in a
separate subfamily "Tichodromadinae", in
which case the
nuthatches are
classified in the subfamily...
-
compete with
Eurasian nuthatches for
nesting holes. The
parakeets tend to
occur in
fragmented urban woodlands,
while nuthatches prefer large old oak woodlands...
-
provide edible seeds. White-breasted
nuthatches seldom excavate their own nest
holes like red-breasted
nuthatches.
Although suitable habitat is distributed...
- trunks. Most
nuthatches have gray or
bluish upperparts and a
black eyestripe.
Sitta is
derived from the
Ancient Gr**** name for
nuthatches, σίττη, sittē...
- Sal****ithidae. The
genus has in the past also been
included with the
nuthatches in the
family Sittidae.
Molecular phylogenetic analyses show them to be...
-
Prinia also
practise this
sewing and
stitching behaviour. Brown-headed
nuthatches (Sitta pusilla) have been
observed to
methodically use bark
pieces to...
-
vertical surfaces of
trees in
search of food. Some
taxonomists place the
nuthatches and
treecreepers in a
larger grouping with the
wrens and gnatcatchers...
- PMID 30936315. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen,
Pamela C. (eds.). "
Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers,
spotted creepers, mockingbirds, starlings...
-
detail Nuthatches according to Pasquet, et al. (2014):
Sitta White-breasted
nuthatch (S. carolinensis)
Giant nuthatch (S. magna)
Other nuthatches Przevalski's...
- Sri
Lanka and
Bangladesh east to
south China and Indonesia. Like
other nuthatches, it
feeds on
insects in the bark of trees,
foraging on the
trunks and...
