White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Simon Harrap
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 16, 2018
Text last updated May 16, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белобуза зидарка |
| Catalan | pica-soques carablanc |
| Chinese (SIM) | 喜山白脸䴓 |
| Dutch | Witwangboomklever |
| English | White-cheeked Nuthatch |
| English (United States) | White-cheeked Nuthatch |
| French | Sittelle à joues blanches |
| French (France) | Sittelle à joues blanches |
| German | Weißwangenkleiber |
| Japanese | ホオジロゴジュウカラ |
| Norwegian | hvitkinnspettmeis |
| Polish | kowalik białolicy |
| Russian | Белощёкий поползень |
| Serbian | Brgljez belih obraza |
| Slovak | brhlík bielolíci |
| Spanish | Trepador Cariblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Trepador cariblanco |
| Swedish | vitkindad nötväcka |
| Turkish | Ak Yüzlü Sıvacı |
| Ukrainian | Повзик білощокий |
Sitta leucopsis Gould, 1850
PROTONYM:
Sitta leucopsis
Gould, 1850. The birds of Asia 2 pt1, pl.46,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
interior northwestern Himalayas.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SITTA
- leucopse / leucopsis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-cheeked Nuthatch
