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Common Name

Velvet Fronted Nuthatch

Alternate Names

Common Type

Nuthatch

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Sittidae

Genus

Sitta

Species

frontalis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Nepal,

Number of Sub-Species

Five Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Forests of all types

Distribution and Range

Indian subcontinent, Nepal, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia

Food

An acrobatic feeder in trees for insects and conifer and other seeds. They have strongly curved claws that allow them to climb down vertical tree trunks, unlike woodpeckers that only work their way upwards

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