Pygmy Nuthatch

Sitta pygmaea - Sittelle pygmée

Sittelle pygmée
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Sittidés

  • Genus
    :

    Sitta

  • Species
    :

    pygmaea

Descriptor

Vigors, 1839

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 11 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 20 cm.
  • Weight
    : 9 à 11 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sittelle pygmée
adult
Sittelle pygmée
adult

Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Sitta pygmaea pygmaea (c coastal California. w USA.)
  • Sitta pygmaea melanotis (sw Canada and mountains of w and wc USA s to nw Mexico)
  • Sitta pygmaea leuconucha (sw California. sw USA. and Baja California (nw Mexico))
  • Sitta pygmaea brunnescens (sw Mexico)
  • Sitta pygmaea flavinucha (e Mexico)
  • Sitta pygmaea elii (n Mexico)

Foreign names

  • Sittelle pygmée,
  • Trepador enano,
  • trepadeira-pigmeia,
  • Zwergkleiber,
  • törpecsuszka,
  • Dwergboomklever,
  • Picchio muratore pigmeo,
  • ponderosanötväcka,
  • Pygméspettmeis,
  • brhlík drobný,
  • brhlík drobný,
  • Pygmæspætmejse,
  • mäntynakkeli,
  • pica-soques nan,
  • kowalik mały,
  • mazais dzilnītis,
  • Поползень-крошка,
  • ヒメゴジュウカラ,
  • 小䴓,
  • ponderosanötväcka,
  • 侏鳾,

Voice song and call

Sittelle pygmée

Habitat

Sittelle pygmée
adult

Forest : Subarctic, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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