Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Sitta frontalis frontalis

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Sitta frontalis

7 January 2011

Possible regional races (polytypic), extralimital races are greyed out

S. f. palawana Hartert 1905
S. f. saturatior Hartert 1902
S. f. corallipes (Sharpe) 1888
S. f. velata Temminck 1821
S. f. frontalis Swainson 1820

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Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Sitta frontalis frontalis

Resident entire mid Himalaya etc.

It is generally found in small parties of five or six, active and restless, creeping round the horizontal branches of trees chiefly, and seeming to prefer the under side, and frequently running down the trunks of trees (TC Jerdon-1862).

References:
Rasmussen, P.C. & Anderton, J.C. (2005): Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2 Volumes), v.1, p.324, v.2, p.538. Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA and Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Oates, EW. (1889): The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Birds v.1, p.388. Edited by W.T. Blanford. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council

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