Sulphur-billed Nuthatch (Sitta oenochlamys)

Family
Sittidae (Nuthatches)

Size
12 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Sulphur-billed Nuthatch (Sitta oenochlamys) [XC69482]
by Desmond Allen from Negros; Mt. Canlaon, Philippines (call)

Sulphur-billed Nuthatch (Sitta oenochlamys) [XC483442]
by id from Luzon (near Santa Maria), Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed with Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) and Yellow-billed Nuthatch (Sitta solangiae) in a separate genus, Oenositta. They may form a superspecies and have at times been considered conspecific. Possibly more closely related to Yellow-billed Nuthatch (Sitta solangiae), Hainan subspecies chienfengensis of which may form link between the two species (both are yellow-billed, whereas Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) has red bill). Geographical variation partly clinal, colour saturation and dominance of lilac tones in plumage increasing from north to south through islands.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

mesoleuca (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) - North-western Luzon (western Cordillera mountains), in northern Philippine Is.
isarog Rand & Rabor, 1967 - Luzon (except north-west).
oenochlamys (Sharpe, 1877) - West-central Philippines (Panay, Guimaras, Negros and Cebu).
lilacea (Whitehead, J, 1897) - East-central Philippines (Samar, Biliran and Leyte).
apo (Hachisuka, 1930) - Mindanao (except Zamboanga Peninsula), in southern Philippines.
zamboanga Rand & Rabor, 1957 - Western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula), Basilan and East Bolod I.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sulphur-billed Nuthatch (Sitta oenochlamys) - 10 files

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