Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Sitta tephronota
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sittidae
- Genus
- Sitta
- eBird Code
- pernut1
Subspecies (4)
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Sitta tephronota dresseri
far southeastern Türkiye to western Iran and Iraq
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Sitta tephronota iranica
southern Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan (Kyzylkum Desert)
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Sitta tephronota obscura
southern Transcaucasia to northern Iran and northeastern Türkiye
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Sitta tephronota tephronota
far eastern Turkmenistan to Pamirs, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.