Listen to the Eurasian nuthatch
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About the Eurasian nuthatch
The Eurasian nuthatch is a bird in the family Sittidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 24 cm and weigh around 23 g.
What does the Eurasian nuthatch sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Eurasian nuthatch, wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea), or simply nuthatch, is a small passerine bird found throughout the Palearctic and in Eurasia. Like other nuthatches, it is a short-tailed bird with a long bill, blue-gray upperparts and a black eye-stripe. It is a vocal bird with a repeated loud dwip call. There are more than 20 subspecies in three main groups; birds in the west of the range have orange-buff underparts and a white throat, those in Russia have whitish underparts, and those in the east have a similar appearance to European birds, but lack the white throat.
Related birds in the genus Sitta
Frequently asked questions
What does an Eurasian nuthatch sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Eurasian nuthatch on this page, including its song and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Eurasian nuthatch endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Eurasian nuthatch as “least concern”.
What family does the Eurasian nuthatch belong to?
The Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) belongs to the family Sittidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- 76 Pista 76 converted by Vulcano – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) (W1CDR0001520 BD24) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) (W1CDR0001532 BD13) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Borculo, Berkelland, Gelderland, Netherlands by Joost van Bruggen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Fontaine-le-Comte, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Bienne, Switzerland by Pascal Christe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q156767 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eurasian nuthatch – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Chme82 – CC BY-SA 4.0