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Species
Least Concern绒额鳾（学名：Sitta frontalis）为鳾科鳾属的鸟类。分布于印度半岛、中南半岛及其邻近岛屿以及中国大陆的云南、贵州、广西、海南等地，一般栖息于海拔约400-1800米的沟谷、山坡或山顶的阔叶林、干草阔叶林或混交林以及在公路边或村寨附近的树丛间也可见到。该物种的模式产地在斯里兰卡。
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Sitta frontalis
- Commons category
- Sitta frontalis
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- Sitta frontalis
- litter size
- 4.5
- taxon common name
- trepadeira-de-bico-vermelho
- short name
- S. frontalis
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
The velvet-fronted nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) is a small passerine bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae found in southern Asia, from Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh east to southwestern China and Indonesia. Like other nuthatches, it feeds on insects in the bark of trees, foraging on the trunks and branches and their strongly clawed toes allow them to climb down tree trunks or move on the undersides of horizontal branches. They are found in forests with good tree cover and are often found along with other species in mixed-species foraging flocks. Adult males can be told apart by the black stripe that runs behind and above the eyes. They have a rapid chipping call note. They breed in tree cavities and holes, often created by woodpeckers or barbets.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Velvet-fronted Nuthatch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.