Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea

Deothang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
April 2008

The Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch is distributed from the foothills of the Himalayas southwards to India and eastwards to Indochina. It is found in a variety of forest types from about 250 metres to about 1,600 metres.

Some authorities have recently split the species into 3 namely Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris of which this is a photo; Indian Nuthatch S. castanea and Neglected Nuthatch S. neglecta .

The main features are the deep chestnut underparts, the white cheeks, the black line through the eye and the barred undertail coverts.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information is available on Avibase.

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