Nuthatches

Eastern Rock Nuthatch

Sitta tephronota

The Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) is a 35 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Nuthatches

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

35 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Pakistan.

Where to see it: Auto selected (Iran); Gokdepe suw howdany [Gokdepe Reservoir] (Turkmenistan); Band e Amir (Afghanistan); Zerevshan National Reserve (Uzbekistan); Kanshengel · General Area (Kazakhstan).

Photo: (c) Mohammad Amin Ghaffari, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist