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Sitta (nuthatch)
Taxonomy
Sitta was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sittinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Paridae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Sittidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Carroll (1988), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Sittinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Paridae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Sittidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Carroll (1988), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Sitta Linnaeus |
| 1933 | Sitta Lambrecht p. 641 |
| 1940 | Sitta Wetmore p. 73 |
| 1956 | Sitta Wetmore p. 93 |
| 1962 | Sitta Wetmore p. 13 |
| 1982 | Sitta Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
| 1988 | Sitta Carroll |
| 2002 | Sitta Mlikovsky p. 246 |
| 2017 | Sitta Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Sitta Linnaeus 1758 [nuthatch]
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Sitta canadensis Linnaeus 1766 [red-breasted nuthatch]
Sitta carolinensis Latham 1790 [white-breasted nuthatch]
Sitta europaea Linnaeus 1758
Sitta pygmaea Vigors 1839
†Sitta senogalliensis Portis 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Lein 1972 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.21 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.21 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Sitta sp., Sitta carolinensis (152653) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Tennessee) | Sitta canadensis (82890) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Sitta canadensis (82258 103991) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Sitta canadensis, Sitta pygmaea (218989) |