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).

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) [XC79232]
by Romeo B. Galang, Jr from Luzon, Philippines (call)

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

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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