Prakruti Parichay
SittidaeSitta

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

Sitta(castaned/ cinnamovemris

12.5–12.5 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayan foothills, hills of NE India and SE Bangladesh. From Kashmir and White-tailed Nuthatches by whitish scalloping on undertail-coverts. Male always shows str iking white cheek patch contrastingwi thrather uniform orange-brown underparts. Female is similar, but underparts a repaler, and is more similar to Kashmir Nuthatch, but underparts are richer, darker and more uniform cinnamon-brown, and has more clearly defined white chin and cheeks. Lacks white at base of central ta ilfeathers of White-tailed Nuthatch, also underparts are darker and more unitorrn, and cheek patch is more prominent. Forest.

Colour

WhiteBrownOrange
Average size
12.5 cm
Habitat
Forest.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayan foothills, hills of NE India and SE Bangladesh. From Kashmir and White-tailed Nuthatches by whitish scalloping on undertail-coverts. Male always shows str iking white cheek patch contrastingwi thrather uniform orange-brown underparts. Female is similar, but underparts a repaler, and is more similar to Kashmir Nuthatch, but underparts are richer, darker and more uniform cinnamon-brown, and has more clearly defined white chin and cheeks. Lacks white at base of central ta ilfeathers of White-tailed Nuthatch, also underparts are darker and more unitorrn, and cheek patch is more prominent. Forest.

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Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch is bigger than Dead Sea Sparrow but smaller than Common Stonechat.

This bird

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

Sitta(castaned/ cinnamovemris

12.5–12.5 cm