#1201 · 🐦 birds

Western Rock Nuthatch

🇳🇱 Rotsklever ·Sitta neumayer

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The western rock nuthatch ( Sitta neumayer ) (sometimes known simply as 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,612iNaturalist observations
weight 2.4 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,612 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 2 g.
Scientifically named by Karl Michahelles in 1830 (196 years ago).