About the Algerian Nuthatch
The Algerian nuthatch or Kabyle nuthatch is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is a medium-sized nuthatch, measuring between 11.5 cm (4.5 in) and 12.5 cm (4.9 in). The upperparts are bluish-grey. The male can be distinguished from the female by the black front of its crown. The species is sedentary; it feeds on arthropods in summer and on seeds in winter. The breeding season takes place around May–June. The nest, built in a hole of tree, shelters a laying of three or four eggs, brooded by the female. The chicks are fed by both parents.
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The Algerian nuthatch is a medium-sized nuthatch; it measures between 11.5 cm (4.5 in) and 12.5 cm (4.9 in), and weighs about 18 grams (0.63 oz). The upperparts are overall bluish grey; the tail has a small subterminal white band bordered with beige. The belly is washed with light salmon-beige up to the undertail coverts; the latter are grey at their base. The male has a black forehead and a dark eyestripe, separated from the crown by a broad, sharp white supercilium. Voice: The call is a tsiit tsiit typical of a nuthatch. Adults also use a whispered call when an intruder is present, possibly for territorial defense. The song of the Algerian nuthatch is a nasal whistle, composed of a series of rising elements, with a short final note, repeated slowly and can be transcribed into a vuuy-di vuuy-di vuuy-di.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a summer visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yunnan NuthatchSitta yunnanensisThe upperparts of the Yunnan nuthatch are blue-grey, including the calotte, despite being separated from the upper mantle by a paler area.
Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensisThis bird measures 14 cm (5.5 in) long and has mostly grey upper parts, reddish underparts and a pale throat and chin.
Yellow-billed NuthatchSitta solangiaeThe yellow-billed nuthatch is a species of bird in the family Sittidae.
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