Sitta pusilla
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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PASSERIFORMES
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Family:
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SITTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Sitta pusilla
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Species Authority:
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Latham, 1790
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 940,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 1,500,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified, but there is evidence of a population increase (Harrap and Quinn 1996), and so the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 940,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 1,500,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified, but there is evidence of a population increase (Harrap and Quinn 1996), and so the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Countries:
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Native:
Bahamas; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States
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Habitat and Ecology
