Sittidae


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Related to Sittidae: nuthatch
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Noun1.Sittidae - nuthatches
family Sittidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
nuthatch, nutcracker - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
genus Sitta, Sitta - type genus of the Sittidae
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Otros depredadores pueden ser lagartijas, murcielagos y aves de las familias Picidae, Furnariidae, Caprimulgidae, Vireonidae, Parulidae, Sittidae y Tyrannidae (Linsley 1959, 1961).
Parandrinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) de Colombia
204 The Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea, family Sittidae) is one of the most active small birds that lives permanently in the conifer forests.
2 Life in the taiga
Although both avian hosts are perching birds found in the order Passeriformes, they belong to different families (Sittidae and Emberizidae), which suggest the possibility of a wide host range for this helminth parasite.
Orthoskrjabinia rostellata (Cestoidea: Dilepididae), from the brown-headed nuthatch, Sitta pusilla (Passeriformes: Sittidae), from Northeastern Texas. (General Notes)

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