Family: Sittidae (Nuthatches)

Authority: Pelzeln, 1863

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Least Concern because although the population trend appears to be decreasing it is not believed to be decreasing sufficiently rapidly to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations).

Population size: 241000-901000

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 895,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome