Avibase: Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta] (Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch)

Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch

Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta] (= Sitta castanea) Lesson, RP 1830

The Indian nuthatch is a species of bird in the family Sittidae. It is found in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sittidae
Genus:
   Sitta
Scientific:
  Sitta castanea

Original description

Citation:
Lesson, RP 1830

Reference:
Traité Orn. Tabl. Méth. livr.4 p.316

Imprint year:
1831

Protonym:
Sitta castanea

Type locality:
no locality; Bengal, fide Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 559.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111050#page/354/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
F4B1EFE20EE1F130

Avibase ID:
avibase-F4B1EFE2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F4B1EFE2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 563017

Geographic range:

Sitta castanea: foothills of northern and central India (Western Ghats)
Sitta cinnamoventris: foothill to montane open pine or deciduous forest, locally broadleaf evergreen forest, and bamboo thicket, from northeastern Pakistan and northern India eastward through Himalayas to southern China and northern Vietnam, and southward to eastern India and adjacent Myanmar
Sitta cinnamoventris cinnamoventris: eastern Himalayas (eastern Nepal to northwestern Yunnan and Arunachal Pradesh)
Sitta cinnamoventris almorae: foothills of western Himalayas (Pakistan to eastern Nepal)
Sitta cinnamoventris koelzi: southeastern Arunachal Pradesh to Assam and adjacent northwestern Myanmar
Sitta cinnamoventris tonkinensis: southern Yunnan to northern Thailand, northern Vietnam, and northern and central Laos
Sitta neglecta: Myanmar to southeastern Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and southern Vietnam
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch
French:
Sittelle indienne, S. de Blyth ou S. d'Indochine

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Indian, Chestnut-bellied or Burmese Nuthatch ( Sitta [castanea, cinnamoventris or neglecta])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Sittelle à ventre marron ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Sittelle à ventre marron ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Sitta castanea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Sitta castanea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Sitta castanea [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ( Sitta castanea) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Sitta castanea [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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