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This guide covers all 110 of the world's species of tits, nuthatches and creepers. The Parulidae (""true"" tits), Remizidae (penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book (78 species), with a further 24 species of nuthatch and eight creepers. The text covers each species under a number of headings: identification, sex and age, voice, distribution and movements, habitat, population, habits, breeding biology, description, movements, geographical variation, relationships, and references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-458) and index

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Cover; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Classification; Family Introductions; Plumages and Topography; Notes on the Species Accounts; Notes on the Colour Plates, Captions and Maps; Colour Plates and Distribution Maps; Species Accounts; FAMILY SITTIDAE: Subfamily Sittinae: 'True' Nuthatches; 1 Eurasian Nuthatch: Sitta europaea; 2 Chestnut-vented Nuthatch: Sitta nagaensis; 3 Kashmir Nuthatch: Sitta cashmirensis; 4 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch: Sitta castanea; 5 White-tailed Nuthatch: Sitta himalayensis; 6 White-browed Nuthatch: Sitta victoriae; 7 Pygmy Nuthatch: Sitta pygmaea

8 Brown-headed Nuthatch: Sitta pusilla9 Corsican Nuthatch: Sitta whiteheadi; 10 Algerian Nuthatch: Sitta ledanti; 11 Krüper's Nuthatch: Sitta krueperi; 12 Chinese Nuthatch: Sitta villosa; 13 Yunnan Nuthatch: Sitta yunnanensis; 14 Red-breasted Nuthatch: Sitta canadensis; 15 White-cheeked Nuthatch: Sitta leucopsis; 16 White-breasted Nuthatch: Sitta carolinensis; 17 Western Rock Nuthatch: Sitta neumayer; 18 Eastern Rock Nuthatch: Sitta tephronota; 19 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch: Sitta frontalis; 20 Yellow-billed Nuthatch: Sitta solangiae; 21 Sulphur-billed Nuthatch: Sitta oenochlamys

22 Blue Nuthatch: Sitta azurea23 Giant Nuthatch: Sitta magna; 24 Beautiful Nuthatch: Sitta formosa; Subfamily Tichodromadinae: Wallcreeper; 25 Wallcreeper: Tichodroma muraria; FAMILY CERTHIIDAE: Subfamily Certhinae: Tribe Certhiini: 'Typical' Treecreepers; 26 Eurasian Treecreeper: Certhia familiaris; 27 Brown Creeper: Certhia americana; 28 Short-toed Treecreeper: Certhia brachydactyla; 29 Bar-tailed Treecreeper: Certhia himalayana; 30 Rusty-flanked Treecreeper: Certhia nipalensis; 31 Brown-throated Treecreeper: Certhia discolor; Tribe Salpornithini: Spotted Creeper

32 Spotted Creeper: Salporn is spilonotusFAMILY PARIDAE: Subfamily Remizinae: Penduline Tits; 33 European Penduline Tit: Remiz pendulinus; 34 Black-headed Penduline Tit: Remiz macronyx; 35 White-crowned Penduline Tit: Remiz coronatus; 36 Chinese Penduline Tit: Remiz consobrinus; 37 Sennar Penduline Tit: Anthoscopus punctifrons; 38 Yellow Pendline Tit: Anthoscopus parvulus; 39 Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit: Anthoscopus musculus; 40 Forest Penduline Tit: Anthoscopus flavifrons; 41 African Penduline Tit: Anthoscopus caroli; 42 Cape Penduline Tit: Anthoscopus minutus

43 Fire-capped Tit: Cephalopyrus flammiceps44 Tit-Hylia: Pholidornis rushiae; 45 Verdin: Auriparus flaviceps; Subfamily Parinae: 'True' Tits; Subgenus Poecile; 46 Marsh Tit: Parus palustris; 47 Black-bibbed Tit: Parus hypermelaena; 48 Sombre Tit: Parus lugubris; 49 Caspian Tit: Parus hyrcanus; 50 Willow Tit: Parus montanus; 51 Songar Tit: Parus songarus; 52 Carolina Chickadee: Parus carolinensis; 53 Black-capped Chickadee: Parus atricapillus; 54 Mountain Chickadee: Parus gambeli; 55 Mexican Chickadee: Parus sclateri; 56 White-browed Tit: Parus superciliosus; 57 Pere David's Tit: Parus davidi

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