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Sitta insularis (Bond, 1931:389)

Bahama nuthatch

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Sitta pusilla insularis Bond, 1931:389

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 2018

 

Distribution

Grand Bahama, Bahamas

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Bond, James. (1931). A new nuthatch from the island of Grand Bahama. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 83: 389.

 

Other references:

Boesman, Peter and Collar, Nigel J. (2020). Further vocal evidence for treating the Bahama Nuthatch Sitta (pusilla) insularis as a species. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (4): 393-403. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i4.2020.a4

https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01646-150215

Metcalf, A. E., Benson, T. A. & Lloyd, J. D. undated. Mitochondrial DNA diversity in the Brown-headed Nuthatch of the southeastern United States (Sitta pusilla) and on Grand Bahama, Bahamas (Sitta pusilla insularis): effects of climate, geology and sea-level changes on genetic variation, pp. 5-29 in Lloyd, J. D., Slater, G. L. & Metcalf, A. E. (eds.) Taxonomy and population size of the Bahama Nuthatch. National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration (Grant No. 8146-06).

 

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