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Sikkim treecreeper

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Sikkim treecreeper
from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Certhiidae
Genus: Certhia
Species:
C. discolor
Binomial name
Certhia discolor
Blyth, 1845

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

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Certhia discolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2019. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ 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)

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