Chestnut‑bellied Nuthatch Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Sitta castanea
Family : Sittidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch is a small passerine grey above and chestnut below with a striking white cheek patch (length 12 cm, weight 20.5 g, wing 8 cm, bill 2 cm, tarsus 1.9 cm, tail 4 cm). The male looks bluish-slaty above and deep chestnut-brown below. It has a broad black eye-stripe running from its lore to the nape, and a white chin and cheek. Its vent is marked with pale scaling and the tail has white sub-terminal spots. The female has paler cinnamon brown underparts and a less prominent whitish chin. Both sexes have brown irises, plumbeous legs and feet, and brown claws and a strong straight bicoloured bill: blackish on the upper mandible and a plumbeous lower mandible with a black tip. It feeds on insects, grubs, seeds and nuts. It breeds in April-May.
Distribution in Bangladesh
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References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.