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===Genus name=== The nuthatches are all in the genus ''Sitta'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758,<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=C. | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae |volume=I |edition=[[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th]] | location=Stockholm |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |year=1758| quote =''Rostrum'' subcultrato-conicum, rectum, porrectum: integerrimum, mandíbula superiore obtusiuscula. ''Lingua'' lacero-emarginata |page= 115 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727020 }}</ref> a name derived from {{linktext|σίττη}} : {{Transliteration|grc|síttē}}, [[Ancient Greek]] for this bird.<ref name="Chambers">{{cite book | last = Brookes| first = Ian | title = The Chambers Dictionary | edition = ninth | year =2006 | publisher = Chambers | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 978-0-550-10185-3 |page = 1417 }}</ref> The English term ''nuthatch'' refers to the propensity of some species to wedge a large insect or seed in a crack and hack at it with their strong bills.<ref name="dict">{{cite web| title= Nuthatch | work= Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuthatch | publisher= Merriam-Webster Online | access-date=2008-06-24}}</ref>
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