Western Rock Nuthatch
Sitta neumayer
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The western rock nuthatch is a small passerine bird which breeds from Croatia east through Greece and Turkey to Iran. This nuthatch is largely resident apart from some post-breeding dispersal. The eastern rock nuthatch Sitta tephronota is a separate species, which occurs further east in south-central Asia.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sittidae
- Genus
- Sitta