Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea) [XC96651]
by Mike Nelson from Bukit Fraser, border of Pahang and Selangor, Malaysia (call)
Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea) [XC660944]
by id from Bukit Fraser, Raub, Pahang, Malaysia (call)
Subspecies
Relationships within genus unclear. Has been placed in a separate genus, Poecilositta.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
expectata (Hartert, 1914) - Extreme southern Thailand (Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary), Peninsular Malaysia (in hills and mountains south to Selangor and Pahang) and Sumatra (Bukit Barisan range).
nigriventer (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - Western Java.