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Yunnan Nuthatch
Sitta yunnanensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1900
Sittidae — Nuthatches
Yunnan Nuthatch, Sitta yunnanensis, is a nuthatch of the pine forests of southwest China in the Oriental Region. It was described by Ogilvie-Grant in 1900. The bird is found in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou, where it favours open pine woodland rather than dense spruce or fir stands. It is a small species with grey-blue upperparts and buffy underparts, and a fine white eyebrow set above a black eye-stripe. The plumage shows a slight difference between the sexes, and the fresh feathers make the facial pattern stand out clearly.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sittidae — Nuthatches
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: sw China
