Mwendamiti

Mwendamiti
Mwendamiti wa Ulaya
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Passeriformes (Ndege kama shomoro) Familia ya juu: Certhioidea (Ndege kama tambarazi) Familia: Sittidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na wendamiti) Jenasi: Sitta Linnaeus, 1758
Ngazi za chini
Spishi 20: S. arctica Buturlin, 1907 S. azurea Lesson, 1830 S. canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 S. carolinensis Latham, 1790 S. cashmirensis W.E. Brooks, 1871 S. castanea Lesson, 1830 S. cinnamoventris Blyth, 1842 S. europaea Linnaeus, 1758 S. formosa Blyth, 1843 S. frontalis Swainson, 1820 S. himalayensis Jardine & Selby, 1835 S. krueperi Pelzeln, 1863 S. ledanti Vielliard, 1976 S. leucopsis Gould, 1850 S. magna R.G.W. Ramsay, 1876 S. nagaensis Godwin-Austen, 1874 S. neglecta Walden, 1870 S. neumayer Michahelles, 1830 S. oenochlamys (Sharpe, 1877) S. przewalskii Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891 S. pusilla Latham, 1790 S. pygmaea Vigors, 1839 S. solangiae (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930) S. tephronota Sharpe, 1872 S. victoriae Rippon, 1904 S. villosa Verreaux, 1865 S. whiteheadi Sharpe, 1884 S. yunnanensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1900

Wendamiti ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi Sitta katika familia Sittidae. Wana kichwa kikubwa kwa kulinganisha, mkia mfupi na domo na miguu zenye nguvu. Takriban spishi zote zina rangi ya kijivu au buluu juu, nyekundu au nyeupe chini na mstari mweusi machoni. Spishi nyingi zinatokea kanda za wastani za nusudunia ya kaskazini, lakini spishi kadhaa zimejirekebisha na maeneo makavu ya joto. Spishi mbili (mwendamiti wa Atlasi na mwendamiti wa Aljeria) zinatokea Afrika ya Kaskazini.

Wendamiti hula wadudu na invertebrata wengine, hata konokono, na mbegu na makokwa pia hasa wakati wa majira ya baridi. Hulitengeneza tago lao katika tundu mtini au mwanya kwenye mwamba. Jike huyataga mayai 4-10.

Spishi za Afrika

• Sitta europaea, Mwendamiti wa Ulaya (Eurasian Nuthatch)
  • Sitta e. atlas, Mwendamiti wa Atlasi (Moroccan Nuthatch)
• Sitta ledanti, Mwendamiti wa Aljeria (Algerian Nuthatch)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Sitta arctica (Siberian Nuthatch)
• Sitta azurea (Blue Nuthatch)
• Sitta canadensis (Red-breasted Nuthatch)
• Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch)
• Sitta cashmirensis (Kashmir Nuthatch)
• Sitta castanea (Indian Nuthatch)
• Sitta cinnamoventris (Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch)
• Sitta europaea (Eurasian Nuthatch)
  • Sitta e. asiatica (Asian Nuthatch)
  • Sitta e. europaea (European Nuthatch)
• Sitta formosa (Beautiful Nuthatch)
• Sitta frontalis (Velvet-fronted Nuthatch)
• Sitta himalayensis (White-tailed Nuthatch)
• Sitta krueperi (Krüper's Nuthatch)
• Sitta leucopsis (White-cheeked Nuthatch)
• Sitta magna (Giant Nuthatch)
• Sitta nagaensis (Chestnut-vented Nuthatch)
• Sitta neglecta (Burmese Nuthatch)
• Sitta neumayer (Western Rock Nuthatch)
• Sitta oenochlamys (Sulphur-billed Nuthatch)
• Sitta przewalskii (Przevalski's Nuthatch)
• Sitta pusilla (Brown-headed Nuthatch)
• Sitta pygmaea (Pygmy Nuthatch)
• Sitta solangiae (Yellow-billed Nuthatch)
• Sitta tephronota (Eastern Rock Nuthatch)
• Sitta victoriae (White-browed Nuthatch)
• Sitta villosa (Snowy-browed au Chinese Nuthatch)
• Sitta whiteheadi (Corsican Nuthatch)
• Sitta yunnanensis (Yunnan Nuthatch)

Picha

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  Mwendamiti wa Aljeria

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  Red-breasted nuthatch
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  White-breasted nuthatch
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  Chestnut-bellied nuthatch
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  Velvet-fronted nuthatch
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  Krüper's nuthatch
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  White-cheeked nuthatch
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  Western rock nuthatch
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  Brown-headed nuthatch
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  Pygmy nuthatch