#1248 · 🐦 birds

Corsican Nuthatch

🇳🇱 Corsicaanse Boomklever ·Sitta whiteheadi

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
2. © Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0
3. © Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0
4. © Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0
5. © Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0
6. 20227 Ghisoni, France:© Franck Curk · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 20219 Noceta, Frankreich:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
8. Haute-Corse, Corse, FR:© Adi Peter · CC BY 4.0
9. 20276 Asco, France:© Leo Cantiran · CC BY 4.0
10. 20250 Corte, France:© Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Corsican nuthatch ( Sitta whiteheadi ) is a small passerine bird that is endemic to Corsica, where it is the only nuthatch. It is restricted to mature stands of Corsican pine ( Pinus nigra spp. laricio ) which grow at altitudes of from 800 to 1,600 m (2,600 to 5,200 ft).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 183iNaturalist observations
weight 1.5 gadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

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.
183 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 1 g.
Scientifically named by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1884 (142 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.