Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby, 1835

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby, 1835

Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby, 1835

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 9CECB4A4-28E7-5279-9977-AE81F8E08075; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Sittidae ; genus: Sitta ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 2,211 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 13.253 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 05.502 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

White-tailed Nuthatch has been recorded as an uncommon resident in West Tonkin ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record of the species for North Annam, Central Vietnam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded as a resident in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 12 cm. Male: Grey upperparts with two black lines from eyes to lower nape, buff underside, white on the uppertail coverts, small bill and rufous-orange underparts with unmarked bright rufous undertail-coverts, whitish throat (Fig. 16 ). Female: Ear-coverts and underparts slightly paler and duller.

Figures

Figure 16. Male Sitta himalayensis (IEBR B. 684) was photographed in the Ky Son area, Nghe An Province.