Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
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Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Sitta frontalis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Ba Be National Park
1 Verified records at Ba Be National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The velvet-fronted nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) is a small passerine bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae found in southern Asia, from Nepal, India, Sri Lanka ‍and Bangladesh east to southwestern China and Indonesia. Like other nuthatches, it feeds on insects in the bark of trees, foraging on the trunks and branches and their strongly clawed toes allow them to climb down tree trunks or move on the undersides of horizontal branches. They are found in forests with good tree cover and are often found along with other species in mixed-species foraging flocks. Adult males can be told apart by the black stripe that runs behind and above the eyes. They have a rapid chipping call note. They breed in tree cavities and holes, often created by woodpeckers or barbets. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Ba Be National Park

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
LC

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sitta nagaensis

50–60% · Likely
Yellow-billed Nuthatch
NT Endemic

Yellow-billed Nuthatch

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sitta solangiae

10–20% · With luck
Mountain Fulvetta
LC

Mountain Fulvetta

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Alcippe peracensis

60–70% · Likely
Large Niltava
LC

Large Niltava

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Niltava grandis

50–60% · Likely
Green-backed Tit
LC Endemic

Green-backed Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Parus monticolus

50–60% · Likely
White-tailed Robin
LC Endemic

White-tailed Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myiomela leucura

50–60% · Likely
Mrs Gould's Sunbird
LC

Mrs Gould's Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aethopyga gouldiae

50–60% · Likely
Grey-bellied Tesia
LC

Grey-bellied Tesia

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tesia cyaniventer

40–50% · Likely
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
LC Endemic

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula hyperythra

40–50% · Likely
White-throated Fantail
LC

White-throated Fantail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhipidura albicollis

40–50% · Possible
Ashy Drongo
LC

Ashy Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus leucophaeus

30–40% · Possible
Black-throated Tit
LC

Black-throated Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aegithalos concinnus

30–40% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Velvet-fronted Nuthatch at Ba Be National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
2 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
3 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
4 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
5 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
6 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
8 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
9 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
10 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
11 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
10–20%
12 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
13 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
14 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
15 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
5–10%
16 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
17 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
18 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
19 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
20 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
21 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
22 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
23 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
24 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
25 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
26 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
27 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
28 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
29 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
30 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
31 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
32 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
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