Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)
About the Eastern Rock Nuthatch
The eastern rock nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is found in southwest and central Asia, from eastern Turkey east through Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, to northwestern Pakistan. Some authors have used the name Persian nuthatch for the species.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 34 recordings for this species: 15 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Kazakhstan, Türkiye in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Corsican NuthatchSitta whiteheadirecording
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaearecording
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisrecording
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.