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Bird name: Eurasian Nuthatch
Latin: Sitta europaea
Other: Sittelle torchepot (Fr) • Kleiber (De) • Trepador azul (Es)
Family: Sittidae • Nuthatches

Eurasian Nutchatches could be seen in Parc Vaugrenier in the autumn. They have long bills and can walk upside down on tree-trunks, unlike Treecreepers.

Reddish below, grey above, light face, black eyestripe.More photos...

201 Sittidae - Nuthatches

Sitta europaea - Eurasian Nuthatch - Widespread Eurasia
Sitta arctica - Siberian Nuthatch - NE Siberia
Sitta nagaensis - Chestnut-vented Nuthatch - Tibet to SC Vietnam
Sitta cashmirensis - Kashmir Nuthatch - SC Eurasia
Sitta castanea - Indian Nuthatch - N, C, SW India
Sitta cinnamoventris - Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch - N Pakistan to N Southeast Asia
Sitta neglecta - Burmese Nuthatch - Burma to S Vietnam
Sitta himalayensis - White-tailed Nuthatch - Himalayas to NW Vietnam
Sitta victoriae - White-browed Nuthatch - W Burma
Sitta pygmaea - Pygmy Nuthatch - SW Canada to W Mexico
Sitta pusilla - Brown-headed Nuthatch - SE USA
Sitta whiteheadi - Corsican Nuthatch - Corsica
Sitta ledanti - Algerian Nuthatch - Algeria
Sitta krueperi - Krüper's Nuthatch - E Greece through Turkey
Sitta yunnanensis - Yunnan Nuthatch - SW China
Sitta canadensis - Red-breasted Nuthatch - Widespread North America
Sitta villosa - Chinese Nuthatch - E Eurasia
Sitta leucopsis - White-cheeked Nuthatch - W Himalayas
Sitta przewalskii - Przevalski's Nuthatch - SE Tibet, WC China
Sitta carolinensis - White-breasted Nuthatch - Widespread North America, also N Mexico
Sitta neumayer - Western Rock Nuthatch - SW Eurasia
Sitta tephronota - Eastern Rock Nuthatch - SC Eurasia
Sitta frontalis - Velvet-fronted Nuthatch - Widespread Asia
Sitta solangiae - Yellow-billed Nuthatch - Vietnam, Laos
Sitta oenochlamys - Sulphur-billed Nuthatch - Philippines
Sitta azurea - Blue Nuthatch - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java
Sitta magna - Giant Nuthatch - SC China to NW Thailand
Sitta formosa - Beautiful Nuthatch - Himalayas to NW Vietnam