Nuthatches, family Sittidae, are small passerine birds of the genus Sitta with large heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet. The family includes about 29 recognized species distributed across the temperate and montane woodlands of the Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in southern Asia; they also occur through most of North America and Europe and across Asia down to the Wallace Line, with a small population in northeastern Algeria and Morocco the family's only foothold in Africa.
Facts
Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ205857, descriptionView the Source 2. Nuthatch (Wikipedia)
Introduction
The nuthatches () constitute a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Sittidae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 29
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Sittidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Sittidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 1.4 ... "early_interval": "Calabrian"
Wikidata: Sittidae
Wikidata Q858577, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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