Sikkim treecreeper
| Sikkim treecreeper | |
|---|---|
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| Certhia discolor from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Certhiidae |
| Genus: | Certhia |
| Species: | C. discolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845 | |
The Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) is a species of bird in the treecreeper family.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The form C. d. manipurensis of southern Manipur and southwestern Burma has a rich cinnamon throat and breast, and molecular evidence and is usually now treated as a separate species, the Hume's treecreeper, C. manipurensis Hume, 1850.[2]
Notes
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Certhia discolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Martens, Jochen & Sun, Yue-Hua (2006): Molecular phylogeny of treecreepers (Certhia) detects hidden diversity. Ibis 148(3): 477-488 doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00547.x (HTML abstract)
References
- Harrap and Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers ISBN 0-7136-3964-4
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