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Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Sitta frontalis · Family Sittidae
Sitta frontalis
Family Sittidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sittidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 94,153
- Countries and territories with records
- 18
About this species
This species has 94,153 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (59.6%), Thailand (10.2%), Hong Kong (7%), Malaysia (6%) and Sri Lanka (5.3%); together they account for 88.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.091% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sitta frontalis combines the genus name Sitta with the species epithet frontalis. 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 europaea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 29 species of the family Sittidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sitta carolinensis. Its record count is 10.5% of the family average (896,290). The family Sittidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.