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Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa



Family: Sittidae (Nuthatches)

Authority: Blyth, 1843

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This nuthatch has a small, declining, severely fragmented population as a result of loss, degradation and fragmentation of evergreen and semi-evergreen forest. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable.



Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,220,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/beautiful-nuthatch-sitta-formosa on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.