Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Sittidae > Sitta > Sitta neumayerSitta neumayer (Western Rock Nuthatch)Synonyms: Sitta neumager The western rock nuthatch (Sitta neumayer) (sometimes known simply as rock nuthatch) is a small passerine bird which breeds from Croatia east through Greece and Turkey to Iran. This nuthatch is largely resident apart from some post-breeding dispersal. The eastern rock nuthatch Sitta tephronota is a separate species, which occurs further east in south-central Asia. The western rock nuthatch is a bird associated with habitats with bare rocks, especially in mountainous areas. Those at the highest altitudes may move lower down in winter. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.90069 EDGE Score: 2.18613 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 32 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 2.4 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 50 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 50 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 80 % | | | Clutch Size [5] | 6 | | Fledging [1] | 30 days | | Incubation [4] | 15 days | | Mating Display [2] | Ground display (mostly) | | Maximum Longevity [6] | 6 years |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests |
Greece, Turkey, Macedonia |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Anatolian conifer and deciduous mixed forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Balkan mixed forests |
Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests |
Iran, Azerbaijan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Caucasus mixed forests |
Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Central Anatolian deciduous forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Central Anatolian steppe |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Dinaric Mountains mixed forests |
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Anatolian montane steppe |
Iran, Turkey, Armenia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests |
Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Syria |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Elburz Range forest steppe |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Euxine-Colchic broadleaf forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow |
Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Gissaro-Alai open woodlands |
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Illyrian deciduous forests |
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Middle East steppe |
Syria, Iraq |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Pannonian mixed forests |
Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Pindus Mountains mixed forests |
Albania, Greece |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Rodope montane mixed forests |
Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests |
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Tian Shan foothill arid steppe |
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Tian Shan montane conifer forests |
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows |
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Zagros Mountains forest steppe |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Acheron delta and gorge |
Greece |
A3, A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
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Akarnanika mountains |
Greece |
A3, B2, B3, C6 |
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Arda Bridge |
Bulgaria |
A1, A3, B2, C1, C6 |
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Dadias-Dereiou-Aisimis forest |
Greece |
A1, A3, B2, C1, C6 |
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Dobrostan |
Bulgaria |
A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C6 |
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East Lakonia mountains |
Greece |
B2, B3, C6 |
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Gobustan area |
Azerbaijan |
B3 |
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Kresna Gorge |
Bulgaria |
A3, B2, B3, C6 |
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Krumovitza |
Bulgaria |
A3, B2, C6 |
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Lake Distos |
Greece |
A3, B2, C2, C6 |
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Lake Skadar |
Montenegro |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 |
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Madzharovo |
Bulgaria |
A3, B2, C6 |
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Mavrovouni mountain, Larissa |
Greece |
A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C2, C6 |
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Meghri |
Armenia |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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Mesta Valley |
Bulgaria |
A3, B2, C6 |
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Mount Erimanthos |
Greece |
B2, B3 |
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Mount Ghiona, Reka ravine, Lazorema, and Vathia Lakka |
Greece |
A3, B2, B3, C6 |
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Mount Hermon |
Syria |
A1, A2, A3, B3 |
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Mount Ochi and surrounding area |
Greece |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, B3, C2, C6 |
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Mount Olympos, Lesvos |
Greece |
A3, B3, C2, C6 |
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Mount Paramithias |
Greece |
B3, C6 |
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Mount Taigetos |
Greece |
A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C2, C6 |
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Mount Ymittos |
Greece |
A3, B3, C6 |
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Neretve delta |
Croatia |
A3, B1i |
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Protected area of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli forest |
Greece |
A1, A3, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
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Ser Amadiya |
Iraq |
A1, A3, B2, B3 |
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South forest complex of Evros prefecture |
Greece |
A1, A3, B1iii, B2, B3, C1, C2, C6 |
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South-west peninsula-petrified forest, Lesvos |
Greece |
A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C2, C6 |
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Southern and eastern part of Mount Parnassos |
Greece |
A3, B2, B3, C6 |
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Southern Mani, Mount Sanghias and Cape Tenaro |
Greece |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Studen Kladenets |
Bulgaria |
A3, B2, C6 |
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Valtou mountains |
Greece |
B2, B3, C6 |
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Wadi al-Qarn: Burqush |
Syria |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Caucasus |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey |
No |
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Irano-Anatolian |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
No |
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Mediterranean Basin |
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
No |
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Mountains of Central Asia |
Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 6Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 7International Flea DatabaseEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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