Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Martarinete, Rompeablanes común
Azerbaijani: Adi sitta, Adi/Sibir sittası
Belarusian: Звычайны кавалік
Bulgarian: Горска зидарка, Сибирска / Горска зидарка
Breton: Ar pokerig-kraoñ
Catalan: Pica-soques blau, pica-soques eurasiàtic, pica-soques siberià/eurasiàtic
Czech: Brhlík lesní, brhlík sibiřský/lesní
Welsh: Cnocell y cnau, Delor y cnau, Telor y cnau
Danish: Arktisk Spætmejse/Spætmejse, Lysbuget Spætmejse, Spætmejse
German: Kleiber, Sibirienkleiber/Kleiber, Skandinavischer Kleiber, Spechtmeise
Greek: Δενδροτσοπανάκος, Δεντροτσοπανάκος
English: Chinese Nuthatch, Common Nuthatch, Eurasian Nuthatch, European Nuthatch, Nuthatch, Siberian/Eurasian Nuthatch, Skandinavian nuthatch, Wood Nuthatch, Wood or Siberian Nuthatch
[ENAV]: Siberian/Eurasian Nuthatch
English, HBW: Eurasian/Siberian Nuthatch, Siberian/Eurasian Nuthatch
English (IOC): Eurasian/Siberian Nuthatch, Siberian/Eurasian Nuthatch
English (United States): Eurasian Nuthatch, Siberian/Eurasian Nuthatch
Esperanto: sito
Spanish: Carbonero común, Sita de Eurasia, Trepador Azul, Trepador común, Trepador Siberiano/Azul
Spanish (Spain): Trepador Azul, Trepador siberiano/azul
Spanish (HBW): Trepador azul
Estonian: evengi puukoristaja/puukoristaja, Puukoristaja
Basque: Garrapo, Garrapoa, Pica-soques blau
Persian: کمرکُلی جنگلی
Finnish: Pähkinänakkeli, siperiannakkeli/pähkinänakkeli
Faroese: Rennisveinur
French: Sittelle torchepot, Sittelle torchepot ou S. de Sibérie, Torchepot
French (Guyane): Sittelle torchepot
Frisian: Blauspjocht
Irish: Cnóshnag
Gaelic: Sgoltan
Galician: Gabeador azul, Pica-soques blau
Manx: Scolteyder croiyn
Hebrew: סיטה אירופית
Croatian: Brgljez, Obični brglijez, sibirski brgljez/brgljez
Hungarian: Csuszka
Armenian: [Sovorakan Sitegh ], Սովորական Սիտեղ
Icelandic: Hnotigða
Italian: Picchio muratore, Picchio muratore eurasiatico, Picchio muratore europeo, Picchio muratore scandinavo
Japanese (romaji): gojū-kara, gojuugara, gojuukara, Gojuu-kara
Japanese: ゴジュウカラ, ゴジュウガラ
Japanese (Kanji): 五十雀
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი ცოცია, ჩვეულებრივი ხეცოცია
Khakas: Чочылас
Kazakh: Орман кєктекесі
Kazakh (Transliteration): orman kök-tekesi
Korean: 동고비, 아물동고비, 아물동고비(동고비)
Korean (Transliteration): amul-donggobi, amul-dong-gobi, donggobi, dong-gobi
Cornish: Terrer know
Scientific: Sitta [europaea or arctica], Sitta arctica/europaea, Sitta europaea, Sitta europaea atlas, Sitta europaea europaea, Sitta europaea europea, Sitta europea, Sitta europea europea
Luxembourgish: Kuesleefer
Limburgish: Azuurmees
Lithuanian: Bukutis, Vilkutis
Latvian: Dzilnītis
Macedonian: Обичен (Шумски) лазач
Mongolian: Өрнийн тоншголжин, Тоншголжин
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠦᠷᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠩᠰᠢᠭᠣᠯᠵᠢᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Модон шогшоо, Нохой шогшуур, Шарцгай
Mongolian (Transliteration): modoŋ shogshoo, nokhoi shogshuur, örniŋ toŋshgoljiŋ, shartsgai, toŋshgoljiŋ
Moldavian: Țiclean
Dutch: Boomklever, Siberische boomklever/Boomklever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Spettmeis
Norwegian: sakhaspettmeis/spettmeis, Spettmeis
Polish: kowalik, kowalik białoczelny/zwyczajny, kowalik skandynawski, kowalik zwyczajny
Pinyin: chá-fù shī, chuān shù pí, pǔtōng shī, sōng zhēr
Portuguese: trepadeira azul, Trepadeira-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): Trepadeira-azul
Rhaeto-Romance: Pitgarel
Romanian: Țiclean
Romance (Other): Pitgarel
Russian: Obyknovenny Popolzen, европейский поползень, Обыкновенный поползень, Поползень, Поползень обыкновенный
Slovak: Brhlâk obyčajný, Brhlík lesný, Brhlík obyčajný, brhlík sibírsky/obyčajný
Slovenian: brglez, evroazijski brglez, Sibirijski brglez/Brglez
Albanian: Zvarritësi i zakonshëm
Serbian: brgljez, brgljez puzavac, Brgljez/sibirski brgljez, puzavac, Брглјез, Бргљез, Пузавац
Swedish: jakutisk nötväcka/nötväcka, Nötväcka, nötväcka/jakutisk nötväcka
Turkish: Sibirya/(Adi) Sıvacı, Sıvacı, Sıvacı kuşu, sıvacıkuşu, syvacykuşu, Орман көктекесі
Tuvinian: Дүлей-көк, Көк-деген, Көк-төш, Чолдак-көк
Ukrainian: Повзик, Повзик звичайний
Vietnamese: Trèo cây bụng hung, Trèo cây đít hung
Chinese: [cha-fu shi], [chuan shu pi], [putong shi], [sang zher], 普通䴓, 普通____, 普通鳾, 松枝儿, 穿树皮, 茶腹鳾
Chinese (Traditional): 普通鳾, 松枝兒, 穿樹皮, 茶腹鳾
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 茶腹鳾
Chinese (Taiwan): [cha-fu shi], 茶腹, 茶腹鳾