Fuglequiz
QuizDailyResultsAbout

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Eurasian Nuthatch
Frank Vassen — https://www.flickr.com/photos/42244964@N03/13043122024/ (Wikimedia Commons) · CC-BY-2.0

Spætmejsen, 15 cm, er en almindelig ynglefugl i Danmark i ældre løvskove og parker. Uden for Danmark findes spætmejsen i størstedelen af Europa og østpå gennem Asien helt til Stillehavets kyst.

Field marks

Compact and big-headed with a short tail and a long chisel bill: blue-grey above, orange-buff below (richest in western Denmark) and a bold black .

Can be confused with

  • Eurasian Treecreeper — Treecreeper is streaky brown with a thin decurved bill and only climbs upward, propped on its tail; the Nuthatch is blue-grey, descends just as readily and never uses the tail.

Voice

Highly vocal: a loud, sharp "dwip", usually doubled, and a song built from slow "pee-pee-pee" whistles that comes in many versions.

Facts

Wingspan

24 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

nuthatches

Sittidae

Read more

This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Test yourself in the quiz

This page brings together information from several sources. If you spot a mistake, write to hallo@magnify.dk.

QuizDailyResultsAbout