White-tailed Nuthatch
Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby, 1835
Sittidae — Nuthatches
White-tailed Nuthatch, Sitta himalayensis, is a bird of the Himalayas and neighbouring mountains, with a breeding range from the Oriental Region’s Himalayas to north-west Vietnam. It was described by Jardine & Selby in 1835 and belongs to the family Sittidae. It occurs in Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet and Thailand. It is a resident of the sub-Himalayan belt from Himachal Pradesh to Arunachal Pradesh and the South Assam Hills. It breeds in broad-leaved and mixed forest, and uses subtropical or tropical moist lowland broadleaf forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sittidae — Nuthatches
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Himalayas to nw Vietnam
