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title: "Trepadeira-rupestre-do-levante"
description: "Sitta neumayer — Aves. The western rock nuthatch (Sitta neumayer) is a small passerine bird which breeds from Croatia east through Greece and Turkey to Iran."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/western-rock-nuthatch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Trepadeira-rupestre-do-levante

> Sitta neumayer — Aves. The western rock nuthatch (Sitta neumayer) is a small passerine bird which breeds from Croatia east through Greece and Turkey to Iran.

- Scientific name: *Sitta neumayer*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 1561
- Wikidata: [Q749701](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749701)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14811](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14811)

## Names

- en: Western Rock Nuthatch
- de: Felsenkleiber
- es: Trepador Rupestre Occidental
- fr: Sittelle de Neumayer
- nl: Rotsklever
- pt: Trepadeira-rupestre-do-levante
- pl: Kowalik skalny

## Countries with the most observations

TR (455), GR (389), GE (140), AM (134), IR (83), AL (33), IL (28), AZ (26), HR (24), ME (13), LB (5), MK (5)

## Summary

The western rock nuthatch (Sitta neumayer) is a small passerine bird which breeds from Croatia east through Greece and Turkey to Iran. This nuthatch is largely resident apart from some post-breeding dispersal. The eastern rock nuthatch Sitta tephronota is a separate species, which occurs further east in south-central Asia.
The western rock nuthatch is a bird associated with habitats with bare rocks, especially in mountainous areas. Those at the highest altitudes may move lower down in winter.
It feeds on insects and spiders in summer, supplemented with seeds and snails in winter. It feeds on the ground, and will wedge…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_rock_nuthatch

## Photo

![Trepadeira-rupestre-do-levante](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-rock-nuthatch/medium.jpg)

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300284919

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-rock-nuthatch?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).