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Eastern rock nuthatch

Sitta tephronota Sharpe, 1872

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) is a species in the family Sittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 33 g to 36.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)
Photo: kirill_petrov · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the eastern rock nuthatch

Weight
33 g – 36.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
rockysrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5.9 – 6.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the eastern rock nuthatch

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Eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)
Dûrzan cîrano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the eastern rock nuthatch live?

Not recorded

What is the eastern rock nuthatch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is found in southwest and central Asia, from eastern Turkey east through Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, to northwestern Pakistan. Some authors have used the name Persian nuthatch for the species.

From the Wikipedia article “Eastern rock nuthatch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_rock_nuthatch&oldid=1322404944), 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 eastern rock nuthatch endangered?

The eastern rock 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 eastern rock nuthatch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySittidae
  6. genusSitta
  7. SpeciesSitta tephronota Sharpe, 1872
Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • Eastern rock-nuthatchEnglish
  • Great rock nuthatchEnglish
  • Persian nuthatchEnglish
  • Persian rock nuthatchEnglish
  • كاسر الجوز الفارسيArabic
  • كاسر الجوز الصخري الشرقيArabic
  • Ориенталска зидаркаBulgarian
  • pica-soques roquer orientalCatalan
  • brhlík dlouhozobýCzech
  • delor cnau’r graig dwyreiniolWelsh
  • Østlig KlippespætmejseDanish
  • KlippenkleiberGerman
  • persia sitoEsperanto
  • Trepador rupestre orientalSpanish
  • mägi-puukoristajaEstonian
  • کمرکُلی بزرگPersian
  • idänkallionakkeliFinnish
  • Sittelle des rochersFrench
  • סיטת צוקים מזרחיתHebrew
  • krupnokljuni brgljezCroatian
  • Kövi csuszkaHungarian
  • szirti csuszkaHungarian
  • Սիտեղ մեծ ժայռայինArmenian
  • GrjótigðaIcelandic
  • Picchio muratore di roccia orientaleItalian
  • ヒガシイワゴジュウカラJapanese
  • Үлкен көктекеKazakh
  • TahtseyokKurdish
  • uolinis bukutisLithuanian
  • lielais dzilnītisLatvian
  • Grote RotskleverDutch
  • ravinespettmeisNorwegian
  • kowalik dużyPolish
  • trepadeira-persaPortuguese
  • trepadeira-rupestre-orientalPortuguese
  • Большой скальный поползеньRussian
  • Большой скалистый поползеньRussian
  • NuortačáihnegaccetNorthern Sami
  • brhlík dlhozobýSlovak
  • perzijski brglezSlovenian
  • Istočni brgljez lončarSerbian
  • ravinnötväckaSwedish
  • östlig klippnötväckaSwedish
  • Büyük Kaya SıvacısıTurkish
  • Büyük kaya sıvacı kuşuTurkish
  • повзик великийUkrainian
  • 东岩䴓Chinese
  • 大岩鳾Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the eastern rock 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 eastern rock nuthatch?

An adult eastern rock nuthatch weighs 33 g – 36.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the eastern rock nuthatch endangered?

The eastern rock 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 eastern rock nuthatch?

The eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) belongs to the family Sittidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-rock-nuthatch

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{eastern_rock_nuthatch_2026,
  title = {Eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-rock-nuthatch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}