Sikkim treecreeper
The Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) is a species of bird in the treecreeper family.
| Sikkim treecreeper | |
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| from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Certhiidae |
| Genus: | Certhia |
| Species: | C. discolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845 | |
It is found in Bhutan, Nepal and Northeast India.
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.[2]
Notes
- BirdLife International (2016). "Certhia discolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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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