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Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium]

Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium] (= Sitta europaea) Linnaeus, C 1758

The Eurasian nuthatch or wood nuthatch is a small passerine bird found throughout the Palearctic and in Europe. Like other nuthatches, it is a short-tailed bird with a long bill, blue-grey upperparts and a black eye-stripe. It is a vocal bird with a repeated loud dwip call. There are more than 20 subspecies in three main groups; birds in the west of the range have orange-buff underparts and a white throat, those in Russia have whitish underparts, and those in the east have a similar appearance to European birds, but lack the white throat. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sittidae
Genus:
   Sitta
Scientific:
  Sitta europaea


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.115

Protonym:
  Sitta europaea

Type locality:
  Europae, Americae; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1905, Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 329.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/133/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  21DC15890FB1805B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-21DC1589

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/21DC1589


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563018

English:
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium]
French:
Sittelle torchepot ou S. de Sibérie [incl. montium]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium] ( Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium])
Clements 4th edition:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
Clements, version 2015:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
eBird version 1.50:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Eurasian Nuthatch ( Sitta europaea) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Sitta [europaea, cashmirensis or nagaensis]

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Asturian: Martarinete
Azerbaijani: Adi sitta
Belarusian: Звычайны кавалік
Bulgarian: Горска зидарка
Breton: Ar pokerig-kraoñ
Catalan: Pica-soques blau
Czech: brhlík lesní
Welsh: Delor y cnau
Danish: Spætmejse
German: Kleiber
Greek: Δεντροτσοπανάκος
English: Eurasian Nuthatch, Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. montium], Wood or Siberian Nuthatch [incl. nebulosa]
Esperanto: sito
Spanish: Trepador Azul
Estonian: Puukoristaja
Basque: Garrapoa
Finnish: pähkinänakkeli
Faroese: Rennisveinur
French: Sittelle torchepot, Sittelle torchepot ou S. de Sibérie [incl. montium], Sittelle torchepot ou S. de Sibérie [incl. nebulosa]
Frisian: Blauspjocht
Irish: Cnóshnag
Gaelic: Sgoltan
Galician: Gabeador azul
Manx: Scolteyder croiyn
Hebrew: סיטה אירופית
Croatian: Brgljez
Hungarian: Csuszka
Armenian: Սովորական Սիտեղ
Icelandic: Hnotigða
Italian: Picchio muratore
Japanese (romaji): gojuukara
Japanese: ゴジュウカラ
Japanese (Kanji): 五十雀
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი ცოცია, ჩვეულებრივი ხეცოცია
Khakas: Чочылас
Kazakh: Орман кєктекесі
Kazakh (Transliteration): orman kök-tekesi
Korean: 아물동고비(동고비)
Korean (Transliteration): amul-donggobi
Cornish: Terrer know
Scientific: Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. montium], Sitta [europaea or arctica, incl. nebulosa], Sitta europaea, Sitta europaea europaea
Luxembourgish: Kuesleefer
Limburgish: Azuurmees
Lithuanian: Bukutis
Latvian: Dzilnītis
Macedonian: Обичен (Шумски) лазач
Mongolian: Өрнийн тоншголжин
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠦᠷᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠩᠰᠢᠭᠣᠯᠵᠢᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Модон шогшоо
Mongolian (Transliteration): modoŋ shogshoo
Dutch: Boomklever
Norwegian: Spettmeis
Polish: kowalik, kowalik (zwyczajny)
Pinyin: chá-fù shī
Portuguese: Trepadeira-azul
Romanian: Țiclean
Romance (Other): Pitgarel
Russian: Обыкновенный поползень, Поползень
Scots: Sgoltan
Slovak: brhlík obyčajný
Slovenian: brglez
Albanian: Zvarritësi i zakonshëm
Serbian: brgljez puzavac
Swedish: Nötväcka
Turkish: Sıvacı kuşu
Tuvinian: Дүлей-көк
Ukrainian: Повзик
Vietnamese: Trèo cây đít hung
Chinese: 普通䴓
Chinese (Traditional): 普通鳾
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 茶腹鳾
Chinese (Taiwan): 茶腹

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