| Sikkim treecreeper | |
|---|---|
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| from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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, Nepal and Northeast India.[2]
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.[3]
Notes
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Certhia discolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735065A95100614. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735065A95100614.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Sikkim Treecreeper - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ↑ 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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