Sitta villosa

The Chinese nuthatch, or snowy-browed nuthatch, is a small nuthatch 11.5cm long. The upperparts are blue-grey and the underparts range from dull buff-grey to cinnamon-orange, with white cheeks. In both sexes a dark grey eyestripe extends in front of and behind the eye, topped by a clear white eyebrow (Wikipedia, general species account).

The nest is generally placed in the hole of a conifer, with an entrance of about 35mm. The song is variable, composed of repetitions of small invariant whistles, and the species feeds mainly on insects in summer, completing its diet with seeds and fruits (Wikipedia, general species account).