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Chinese nuthatch

Sitta villosa J. Verreaux, 1865

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The chinese nuthatch (Sitta villosa) is a species in the family Sittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.38 g to 10.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chinese nuthatch (Sitta villosa)
Photo: Gary Leavens · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chinese nuthatch

Weight
9.38 g – 10.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5.5src 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 chinese nuthatch live?

Not recorded

What is the chinese nuthatch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Chinese nuthatch or snowy-browed nuthatch (Sitta villosa) is a species of bird in the family Sittidae. It is a small nuthatch, measuring 11.5 cm (4.5 in) in length. The upperparts are blue-grey and the underparts from a dull buff-greyish to a cinnamon-orange; the cheeks are white. There is a marked sexual dimorphism: the adult male is distinguished by its very black crown, while that of the female is the same blue-grey as the back, or at most dark grey when the plumage is worn. In both sexes, a dark grey eyestripe extends in front of and behind the eye, topped by a clear white supercilium separating it from the crown. The song is variable, and composed of repetitions of small invariant whistles. The species feeds mainly on insects in summer and completes its diet with seeds and fruits. The nest is generally placed in the hole of a conifer. The pairs raises one brood per year, with five or six chicks.

The Chinese nuthatch lives from central China to the northeast of the country, as far as Korea and the extreme southeast of Russia. The Chinese nuthatch is phylogenetically related to the Corsican nuthatch (S. whiteheadi) and both species are themselves closely related to the North American red-breasted nuthatch (S. canadensis). Because the bird's range is so large and numbers do not appear to decline significantly, the International Union for Conservation of Nature considers the species to be of "least concern". Three regional subspecies are distinguished, with slightly different colours.

From the Wikipedia article “Chinese nuthatch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_nuthatch&oldid=1380740062), 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 chinese nuthatch endangered?

The chinese 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.

How is the chinese nuthatch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySittidae
  6. genusSitta
  7. SpeciesSitta villosa J. Verreaux, 1865
Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Snowy-browed nuthatchEnglish
  • Китайска зидаркаBulgarian
  • Pokerig SinaBreton
  • pica-soques de la XinaCatalan
  • Шӓлӓн цуняMari
  • brhlík čínskýCzech
  • delor cnau TsieinaWelsh
  • Manchurer SpætmejseDanish
  • ChinakleiberGerman
  • China-KleiberGerman
  • Chinesischer KleiberGerman
  • ĉinia sitoEsperanto
  • Trepador chinoSpanish
  • hiina puukoristajaEstonian
  • kiinannakkeliFinnish
  • Sittelle de ChineFrench
  • kineski brgljezCroatian
  • kínai csuszkaHungarian
  • Picchio muratore della CinaItalian
  • Picchio muratore ciglianiveeItalian
  • チョウセンゴジュウカラJapanese
  • 쇠동고비Korean
  • kininis bukutisLithuanian
  • Ķīnas dzilnītisLatvian
  • Chinese BoomkleverDutch
  • kinaspettmeisNorwegian
  • kowalik płowyPolish
  • trepadeira-chinesaPortuguese
  • Косматый поползеньRussian
  • brhlík plavýSlovak
  • kinesisk nötväckaSwedish
  • Çin SıvacısıTurkish
  • повзик китайськийUkrainian
  • 黑头䴓Chinese
  • 黑头Chinese
  • 黑頭鳾Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the chinese 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 chinese nuthatch?

An adult chinese nuthatch weighs 9.38 g – 10.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chinese nuthatch endangered?

The chinese 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 chinese nuthatch?

The chinese nuthatch (Sitta villosa) belongs to the family Sittidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{chinese_nuthatch_2026,
  title = {Chinese nuthatch (Sitta villosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-nuthatch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}