Sikkim treecreeper
| Sikkim treecreeper | |
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| from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Certhiidae |
| Genus: | Certhia |
| Species: | C. discolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845
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The Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) is a species of bird in the treecreeper family.
It is found in Bhutan, Nepal and Northeast India.[citation needed]
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[citation needed]
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.
- ^ 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
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Certhia
- Birds of Nepal
- Birds of Bhutan
- Birds of Northeast India
- Fauna of Sikkim
- Birds described in 1845
- Taxa named by Edward Blyth