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White-browed nuthatch

Sitta victoriae Rippon, 1904

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The white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae) is a species in the family Sittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 14.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

White-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae)
Photo: Pieter Verheij from Ronda (Malaga), Spain · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-browed nuthatch

Weight
14.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-browed nuthatch live?

Not recorded

What is the white-browed nuthatch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), also known as the Victoria nuthatch, is a species of bird in the family Sittidae. It is a small nuthatch, measuring 11.5 cm (4.5 in) in length and without sexual dimorphism. Like many other nuthatches, the upperparts are greyish blue, contrasting with white underparts on the throat, cheeks, and breast and orange on the flanks, belly, and lower abdomen. Its white supercilium makes it easy to distinguish it from the white-tailed nuthatch (S. himalayensis), which is a close species in the systematic and geographical sense. Little is known about its ecology, but it feeds on small insects found among bark and lichens, and breeding occurs around April.

The white-browed nuthatch is endemic to Nat Ma Taung, also known as Mount Victoria, in the southern Chin Hills of Myanmar. It inhabits old oak groves at high elevations, generally above 2,600 m (8,500 ft). The population poorly known but is estimated to be a few thousand individuals. It threatened by habitat destruction by fire and human pressure. For these reasons, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature considers the bird to be an "endangered species."

From the Wikipedia article “White-browed nuthatch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-browed_nuthatch&oldid=1322213659), 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 white-browed nuthatch endangered?

The white-browed nuthatch is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

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How is the white-browed nuthatch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySittidae
  6. genusSitta
  7. SpeciesSitta victoriae Rippon, 1904
Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Беловежда зидаркаBulgarian
  • pica-soques de BirmàniaCatalan
  • brhlík barmskýCzech
  • delor cnau aeliogWelsh
  • Burma SpætmejseDanish
  • WeißbrauenkleiberGerman
  • viktoria sitoEsperanto
  • Trapador birmanoSpanish
  • Trepador birmanoSpanish
  • Trepador de VictoriaSpanish
  • chini puukoristajaEstonian
  • burmannakkeliFinnish
  • Sittelle du VictoriaFrench
  • burmanski brgljezCroatian
  • barnásfehér csuszkaHungarian
  • Picchio muratore cigliabiancheItalian
  • マミジロゴジュウカラJapanese
  • baltabruvis bukutisLithuanian
  • မျက်ခုံးဖြူငှက်ပြာခြောက်Burmese
  • WitbrauwboomkleverDutch
  • BurmaspettmeisNorwegian
  • hvitbrynspettmeisNorwegian
  • kowalik białobrewyPolish
  • trepadeira-dos-chimPortuguese
  • trepadeira-birmanesaPortuguese
  • Белобровый поползеньRussian
  • brhlík hrdzavosluchýSlovak
  • Brgljez sa belom obrvomSerbian
  • burmanötväckaSwedish
  • victorianötväckaSwedish
  • Ak Kaşlı SıvacıTurkish
  • повзик білобровийUkrainian
  • Trèo cây mày trắngVietnamese
  • 白眉䴓Chinese
  • 白額鳾Chinese

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Relatives of the white-browed 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 white-browed nuthatch?

An adult white-browed nuthatch weighs 14.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-browed nuthatch endangered?

The white-browed nuthatch is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the white-browed nuthatch?

The white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae) belongs to the family Sittidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{white_browed_nuthatch_2026,
  title = {White-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-browed-nuthatch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}