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Sitta pygmaea  Vigors, 1839
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178788

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Sita enana [Spanish]
  
    Pygmy Nuthatch [English]
  
    trepadeira-pigmeia [Portuguese]
  
    Sittelle pygmée [French]
  
    Trepador enano [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilySittidae R. P. Lesson, 1828 – nuthatches  
                               GenusSitta Linnaeus, 1758 – Nuthatches  
                                  SpeciesSitta pygmaea Vigors, 1839 – Sita enana, Pygmy Nuthatch, trepadeira-pigmeia, Sittelle pygmée, Trepador enano  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Sitta pygmaea brunnescens Norris, 1958  
                                     Subspecies Sitta pygmaea elii A. R. Phillips, 1986  
                                     Subspecies Sitta pygmaea flavinucha Van Rossem, 1939  
                                     Subspecies Sitta pygmaea leuconucha Anthony, 1889  
                                     Subspecies Sitta pygmaea melanotis Van Rossem, 1929  
                                     Subspecies Sitta pygmaea pygmaea Vigors, 1839  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Sitta pygmaea    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Sitta pygmaea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Pygmy Nuthatch[English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Sitta pygmaea, Pygmy Nuthatch [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sitta pygmaea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sitta pygmaea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Sitta pygmaea, Pygmy Nuthatch [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vigors, Nicholas Aylward  
  Publication Date: 1839   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ornithology   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage   
  Page(s): 12-40   
  Publisher: H.G. Bohn   
  Publication Place: London, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27208055   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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