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Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea · Family Sittidae
Sitta europaea
Family Sittidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sittidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,742,647
- Countries and territories with records
- 77
About this species
This species has 3,742,647 occurrence records from 77 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (25.1%), France (12.7%), the Netherlands (10.7%), Germany (10%) and Norway (9.9%); together they account for 68.3% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.92% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sitta europaea combines the genus name Sitta with the species epithet europaea. The Warbla app catalog lists 29 species of the genus Sitta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sitta carolinensis, Sitta canadensis and Sitta pusilla.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 29 species of the family Sittidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sitta carolinensis. Its record count is 4.2 times the family average (896,290). The family Sittidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.