White-cheeked nuthatch

Species of bird

White-cheeked nuthatch

At Naltar, Gilgit, Pakistan

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Sittidae
Genus:  | Sitta
Species:  |

S. leucopsis

Binomial name
Sitta leucopsis

Gould, 1850

The white-cheeked nuthatch (Sitta leucopsis) is a species of bird in the family Sittidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

Illustration by John Gould and H. C. Richter

Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

## Description

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It is 13 cm (5.1 in) long, white cheeks, chin, throat, and underparts, upper parts mostly dark grey.

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International. (2024). "Sitta leucopsis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T103881719A264207235. Retrieved 25 December 2024.

## External links

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* Explore Species: White-cheeked Nuthatch at eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

Taxon identifiers

Sitta leucopsis|

* Wikidata: Q942817
* Wikispecies: Sitta leucopsis
* ADW: Sitta_leucopsis
* Avibase: 49E0ABDBBB6BE896
* BirdLife: 103881719
* BOW: whcnut1
* CoL: 4XTSL
* eBird: whcnut1
* EoL: 1051071
* EURING: 14750
* GBIF: 2484889
* iNaturalist: 14812
* IRMNG: 10219564
* ITIS: 563024
* IUCN: 103881719
* NCBI: 1464052
* Open Tree of Life: 3599048
* Xeno-canto: Sitta-leucopsis

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