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Sitta euroaea ssp caesia
Small passerine bird, 12 to 15 cm of total length, from Sittidae family. Easily recognized by big head, (almost) neckless body and long pointed bill. Ssp caesia has a rusty-buff breast and belly.
Mainly deciduous woods on a marshy lands, near Jura mountains.
Eurasian is the commonest nuthatch, and subspecies caesia is widespread in continental Europe.
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