Corsican Nuthatch

分类位置

同属物种

阿爾及利亞鳾

Algerian Nuthatch

丽䴓

Beautiful Nuthatch

Blue Nuthatch

Blue Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

缅甸䴓

Burmese Nuthatch

栗腹䴓

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

形态与习性

The Corsican nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi) is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is a relatively small nuthatch, measuring about 12 cm (4.7 in) in overall length. The upperparts are bluish-grey, the underparts greyish-white. The male is distinguished from the female by its entirely black crown. The species is sedentary, territorial and not very shy. It often feeds high in Corsican pines (Pinus nigra var. corsicana, syn. P. nigra subsp. laricio), consuming mainly pine seeds, but