Eastern Rock Nuthatch

Sitta tephronota Sharpe, 1872

Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Sitta tephronota, is a nuthatch of the family Sittidae and breeds across the Palearctic, from eastern Turkey through the Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia to Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan. It was described by Sharpe in 1872. The species is closely tied to rocky country and makes its nest in a crevice, cave or beneath an overhang on a cliff face. The nest is flask-shaped and built from mud, dung and hair or feathers. Some writers have also called it the Persian nuthatch.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Sittidae — Nuthatches

Breeding range

Palearctic: sc