Corsican Nuthatch

Korsenkleiber ( Sitta whiteheadi )

The Korsenkleiber ( Sitta whiteheadi ) is a Singvogelart who lives endemic in tall pine forests in Corsica. The total population consists of only 2,000 breeding pairs. Danger to the existence consists of forest fires and predators such as the great spotted woodpecker.

Features

The 12 cm long Korsenkleiber is smaller than the nuthatch. The head is small and with very short beak. The plumage is oberseits blue-gray and greyish beige, only the throat is slightly whiter. The male has a black crown and a black eye-streak, which are divided by a white eye-streak over. In the female the apex and the eyes are gray streak. The young birds are slightly less colorful than the adult birds.

Voice

His voice is nasal and comparatively subdued. It ranges from a fine " pupupupu " on a pure ascending " pui " to a less frequent " qui, qui, qui ", which sounds thinner than the similar call of the nuthatch.

Behavior

The bird feeds on insects and seeds, especially of the black pine, which he also collects. Like other Kleiberarten can run down the Korsenkleiber tree trunks. 8 red speckled white eggs incubated - In most self-built tree holes in up to 300 years old pine trees are 5.