Krüper's nuthatch

Key identifying features

1. 1

   Chestnut-red patch high on the breast just in front of the wing — absent in Eurasian nuthatch

2. 2

   Black cap over forehead and crown (duller in the female), separated from the black eye-stripe by a thin white supercilium

3. 3

   Tiny, about 12 cm — noticeably smaller than the Eurasian nuthatch

4. 4

   Descends trunks head-first without propping on the tail, unlike treecreepers which only climb upward

Bird