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Burmese nuthatch

Sitta neglecta Walden, 1870

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta) is a species in the family Sittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.2 g to 20.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta)
Photo: Christoph Moning (iNaturalist user christoph_moning) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the burmese nuthatch

Weight
19.2 g – 20.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
11.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the burmese nuthatch live?

Not recorded

What is the burmese nuthatch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta), also known as the neglected nuthatch, is a species of bird in the family Sittidae. It is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

This species was split by Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) from the chestnut-bellied nuthatch.

From the Wikipedia article “Burmese nuthatch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burmese_nuthatch&oldid=1380738186), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the burmese nuthatch endangered?

The burmese nuthatch is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the burmese nuthatch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySittidae
  6. genusSitta
  7. SpeciesSitta neglecta Walden, 1870

Synonyms Sitta auto-sitta siamensis, Sitta castanea neglecta

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Neglected nuthatchEnglish
  • Бирманска зидаркаBulgarian
  • pica-soques d'IndoxinaCatalan
  • Thai SpætmejseDanish
  • BirmakleiberGerman
  • BurmakleiberGerman
  • birma sitoEsperanto
  • Trepador BirmanoSpanish
  • Trepador indochinoSpanish
  • indohiina puukoristajaEstonian
  • IndokiinannakkeliFinnish
  • Sittelle d'IndochineFrench
  • Sittelle d’IndochineFrench
  • riđotrbi brgljezCroatian
  • ブルマゴジュウカラJapanese
  • indokininis bukutisLithuanian
  • Birmese BoomkleverDutch
  • buddhaspettmeisNorwegian
  • kowalik indochińskiPolish
  • trepadeira-indochinesaPortuguese
  • Бирманский поползеньRussian
  • brhlík mjanmarskýSlovak
  • Burmanski brgljezSerbian
  • burmanötväckaSwedish
  • นกไต่ไม้ท้องสีส้มThai
  • Burma SıvacısıTurkish
  • повзик бірманськийUkrainian
  • Trèo cây MyanmarVietnamese
  • 缅甸䴓Chinese
  • 緬甸栗腹鳾Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the burmese nuthatch

Other species in the same genus Sitta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the burmese nuthatch?

An adult burmese nuthatch weighs 19.2 g – 20.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the burmese nuthatch endangered?

The burmese nuthatch is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the burmese nuthatch?

The burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta) belongs to the family Sittidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/burmese-nuthatch

MLA

“Burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/burmese-nuthatch.

BibTeX
@misc{burmese_nuthatch_2026,
  title = {Burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/burmese-nuthatch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}