Editing Nuthatch (section)

==Species==
The species diversity for Sittidae is greatest in southern Asia (possibly the original home of this family), where about 15 species occur, but it has representatives across much of the Northern Hemisphere.<ref name="HQfamily"/> The currently recognised nuthatch species are tabulated below.<ref name=ioc2>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | year=2020 | title=Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/nuthatch/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=15 June 2020 }}</ref>
<onlyinclude>
{| style="width:98%;" class="wikitable"
!  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3a4;" colspan="4"|'''Species in [[taxonomic sequence]]'''
|-
!  style="width:23%; text-align:center;"|Common and<br/>binomial names
! Image
!  style="width:30%; text-align:center;"|Description
! style="text-align:center;"|Range <br/>(population if known)
|-
|[[White-cheeked nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta leucopsis'')
|[[File:White-cheeked Nuthatch (Sitta leucopsis) (39661424053) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, white cheeks, chin, throat, and underparts, upper parts mostly dark grey.
|western Himalayas<ref name="HQwcn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 148–150 "White-cheeked Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Przevalski's nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta przewalskii'')
|[[File:Przevalski's nuthatch - Chengdong Wang (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, white cheeks, chin, throat, and underparts, upper parts mostly dark grey.
|southeastern Tibet to western China<ref>Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia. The Ripley guide. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona</ref>
|-
|[[Giant nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta magna'')
|[[File:Giant nuthatch (Sitta magna).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|19.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, greyish upper parts and whitish underparts.
|China, [[Burma]], and Thailand.<ref name="HQgiant" />
|-
|[[White-breasted nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta carolinensis'')
|[[File:Sitta-carolinensis-001.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|13|–|14|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, the white of the face completely surrounds the eye, face and the underparts are white, upper parts are mostly pale blue-grey.
|North America from southern Canada to Mexico<ref name="HQwbn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 150–155 "White-breasted Nuthatch"</ref><ref>Bull, John and Farrand, John Jr. ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Region.'' Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (1977) pp. 646–647 "White-breasted Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Beautiful nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta formosa'')
|[[File:Beautiful Nuthatch - Eaglenest - India (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|16.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, black-backed with white streaking, bright blue upper back, rump and shoulders, dull orange underparts and paler face.
|Northeast India and Burma and locally in southern China and northern Southeast Asia<ref name="HQbeauty">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 172–173 "Beautiful Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Blue nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta azurea'')
|[[File:Blue Nuthatch - Cibodas Botanical Garden, Java, Indonesia (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|13.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, greyish upper parts and whitish underparts.
|[[Malaysia]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Java]]<ref name="HQbluen">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 168–169 "Blue Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Velvet-fronted nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta frontalis'')
|[[File:Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Ganeshgudi, 26 FEB 2016, Vimal Rajyaguru,1 (cropped 2).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|12.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, violet-blue above, with lavender cheeks, beige underparts and a whitish throat, bill is red, black patch on forehead.
|India and [[Sri Lanka]] through [[Southeast Asia]] to [[Indonesia]]<ref name="HQvfn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 161–164 "Velvet-fronted Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Yellow-billed nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta solangiae'')
|[[File:SittaSolangiae.svg|100px]]
|{{convert|12.5|–|13.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, white underparts, bluish upper parts, yellow beak.
|Vietnam and [[Hainan Island]], China<ref name="HQybn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 164–165 "Yellow-billed Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Sulphur-billed nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta oenochlamys'')
|[[File:Sulfur-billed Nuthatch crop (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|12.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, pinkish underparts, yellow beak, bluish upper parts.
|Endemic to the [[Philippines]]<ref name="HQsbn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 165–168 "Sulphur-billed Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Pygmy nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta pygmaea'')
|[[File:Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) at a feeder.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, grey cap, blue-grey upper parts, whitish underparts, whitish spot on the nape.
|Western North America from [[British Columbia]] to southwest [[Mexico]]<br />(2.3&nbsp;million)<ref name="HQpigmy">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 127–130 "Pygmy Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Brown-headed nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta pusilla'')
|[[File:Brown-headed Nuthatch-27527-4c.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|10.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, brown cap with narrow black eye stripe and buff white cheeks, chin, and belly, wings are bluish-grey, small white spot at the nape of the neck.
|Endemic to the Southeastern [[United States]]<br />(1.5&nbsp;million)<ref name="HQbhn" />
|-
|[[Bahama nuthatch]] 
(''Sitta insularis'')
|
|Very similar to brown-headed nuthatch, but has a darker eye stripe, much longer beak, shorter wings, and a different call than it.
|Endemic to [[Grand Bahama]]
(1–49 individuals, potentially extinct)<ref>{{Cite web|last=International)|first=BirdLife International (BirdLife|date=2020-08-27|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Sitta insularis|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2021-07-14|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref>
|-
|[[Yunnan nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta yunnanensis'')
|[[File:Yunnan nuthatch.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|12|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, greyish upper parts and whitish underparts.
|Endemic to southwest China<ref name="HQyunnan">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 143–144 "Yunnan Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Algerian nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta ledanti'')
|[[File:Sitta ledanti - Karim Haddad (cropped).jpeg|100px]]
|{{convert|13.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, blue-grey above, and buff below. Male has a black crown and eye stripe separated by a white supercilium; female has a grey crown and eye stripe.
|Endemic to northeast [[Algeria]]<br />(Fewer than 1,000 pairs)<ref name="HQalgerian">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 135–138 "Algerian Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Krüper's nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta krueperi'')
|[[File:090503 Krupers nuthatch east of Gulf of Kalloni.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|11.5|–|12.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, whitish underparts with a reddish throat, mostly grey upper parts.
|[[Turkey]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]] and on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Lesbos Island|Lesvos]].<br />(80,000–170,000 pairs)<ref name="HQkruper">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 138–140 "Krüper's Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Red-breasted nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta canadensis'')
|[[File:Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)10-4c.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|11|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, blue-grey upper parts, with reddish underparts, white face with a black eye stripe, white throat, a straight grey bill and a black crown.
|Western and northern temperate North America, winters across much of the US and southern [[Canada]]<br />(18&nbsp;million)<ref name="HQrbn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 144–148 "Red-breasted Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Corsican nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta whiteheadi'')
|[[File:Sitta whiteheadi - Christoph Moning - 4 (cropped).jpeg|100px]]
|{{convert|12|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, blue-grey above, and buff below. Male has a black crown and eye stripe separated by a white [[supercilium]]; the female has a grey crown and eye stripe.
|Endemic to [[Corsica]]<br />(c. 2,000 pairs)<ref name="HQcorsican">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 133–135 "Corsican Nuthatch"</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Thibault|first1=Jean-Claude|last2=Hacquemand|first2=Didier|last3=Moneglia|first3=Pasquale|last4=Pellegrini|first4=Hervé|last5=Prodon|first5=Roger|last6=Recorbet|first6=Bernard|last7=Seguin|first7=Jean-François|last8=Villard|first8=Pascal|year=2011|title=Distribution and population size of the Corsican Nuthatch ''Sitta whiteheadi''|journal=Bird Conservation International|volume=21|issue=2|pages=199–206|doi=10.1017/S0959270910000468|doi-access=free}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chinese nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta villosa'')
|[[File:Sitta villosa - Kim, Hyun-tae (4) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|11.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, greyish upper parts and pinkish underparts.
|China, North Korea, and South Korea<ref name="HQchinese">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 140–142 "Chinese Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Western rock nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta neumayer'')
|[[File:Sitta neumayer - Western Rock Nuthatch, Mersin 2016-11-20 06-1.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|13.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. white throat and underparts shading to buff on the belly. The shade of grey upper parts and the darkness of the eye stripe vary between the three subspecies.
|The [[Balkans]] east through [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]] to [[Iran]]<br />(130,000)<ref name="HQwrock">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 155–158 "Western Rock Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Eastern rock nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta tephronota'')
|[[File:Tahtseyok.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|16|–|18|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, greyish upper parts and whitish underparts, pinkish rump.
|Northern [[Iraq]] Kurdistan and western Iran east through [[Central Asia]]<br />(43,000–100,000 in Europe)<ref name="HQerock">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 158–161 "Eastern Rock Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Siberian nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta arctica'')
|[[File:Sitta arctica png.png|100px]]
|{{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, long and thin bill, black eye stripe, blue-grey upper parts, pure white underparts, long claw.
|Eastern [[Siberia]]
|-
|[[White-browed nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta victoriae'')
|[[File:2M3A6919 - White-browed Nuthatch - Sitta victoriae (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|11.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, greyish upper parts and mostly whitish underparts.
|[[Endemism|Endemic]] to [[Myanmar]]<ref name="HQwbn1">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 125–126 "White-browed Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[White-tailed nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta himalayensis'')
|[[File:White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis perches on a branch, India 2016.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|12|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, smaller bill than ''S.&nbsp; cashmirensis'', rufous-orange underparts with unmarked bright rufous undertail-coverts, white on the upper tail coverts is difficult to see in the field.
|[[Himalayas]] from northeast India to southwest [[China]], locally east to [[Vietnam]]<ref name="HQwtn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 123–125 "White-tailed Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Eurasian nuthatch]]<br/>(''Sitta europaea'')
|[[File:Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) -modified.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|14|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, black eye stripe, blue-grey upper parts, reddish and/or white underparts depending on subspecies.
|Temperate [[Eurasia]]<br/>(10&nbsp;million)<ref name="HQeurasian"/>
|-
|[[Chestnut-vented nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta nagaensis'')
|[[File:Chestnut-vented nuthatch (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|12.5|–|14|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, mostly pale grey upper parts and mostly whitish underparts, dark eye stripe.
|Northeast [[India]] east to northwest [[Thailand]]<ref name="HQcvn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 114–117 "Chestnut-vented Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Kashmir nuthatch]]<br/>(''Sitta cashmirensis'')
|[[File:Kashmir Nuthatch (Sitta cashmirensis) (48553160711) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|14|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, mostly greyish upper parts, reddish underparts with a paler throat and chin.
|Eastern [[Afghanistan]] to western [[Nepal]]<ref name="HQkashmir">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 117–119 "Kashmir Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Indian nuthatch]]<br />(''Sitta castanea'')
|[[File:Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} long.
|Northern and central India<ref name="Rasmussen" /><ref name="HQcbn" />
|-
|[[Chestnut-bellied nuthatch]]<br/>(''Sitta cinnamoventris'')
|[[File:Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Ghatgarh Uttarakhand India 03.12.2014.jpg|100px]]
|{{convert|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, colours vary between the subspecies.
| Foothills of the Himalayas from northeast India to western [[Yunnan]] and Thailand<ref name="Rasmussen"/><ref name="HQcbn">Harrap & Quinn (1996) pp. 119–123 "Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch"</ref>
|-
|[[Burmese nuthatch]]<br/>(''Sitta neglecta'')
|[[File:Sitta neglecta.svg|100px]]
|{{convert|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} long.
| Myanmar to Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam<ref name="Rasmussen"/><ref name="HQcbn"/>
|}
</onlyinclude>