The Eurasian nuthatch or wood nuthatch is a small passerine bird found throughout the Palearctic and in Europe. Like other nuthatches, it is a short-tailed bird with a long bill, blue-gray upperparts and a black eye-stripe. It is a vocal bird with a repeated loud dwip call. There are more than 20 subspecies in three main groups; birds in the west of the range have orange-buff underparts and a white throat, those in Russia have whitish underparts, and those in the east have a similar appearance to European birds, but lack the white throat.
Eurasian nuthatch
Female S. e. europaea in Sweden
An individual of the subspecies Sitta europaea caesia in flight.
Eating seeds in Hungary
The nuthatches constitute a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs. Most species exhibit grey or bluish upperparts and a black eye stripe.
Nuthatch
The red-breasted nuthatch is said to have a callⓘ like a tin trumpet.
Image: White cheeked Nuthatch (Sitta leucopsis) (39661424053) (cropped)
Image: Przevalski's nuthatch Chengdong Wang (cropped)