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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Sittidae > Genus: Sitta > Species: Sitta neumayer

Rock Nuthatch - Sitta neumayer Michahellis, 1830

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status
Secure
Protected by EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Breeding habitats
  • sparsely vegetated land
Natura 2000 species code A445

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered
Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive
Secure
Near Threatened, declining or depleted
Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)
Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Brhlík skalní Czech Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Felsenkleiber German Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kallionakkeli Finnish Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Klippnötväcka Swedish Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kövi csuszka Hungarian Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kowalik skalny Polish Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Picchio muratore di roccia Italian Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rock Nuthatch English Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rotsklever Dutch Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sittelle de Neumayer French Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Trepadeira-rupestre Portuguese Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Trepador Rupestre Spanish Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Synonym Author
All species of Sittidae

Other resources

EBCC Atlas of breeding birds European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:14810 European bird-ringing
EoL Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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