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Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
from Wikipedia:
"The Usambiro barbet (Trachyphonus usambiro) is a species of bird in the African barbet family Lybiidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of D'Arnaud's barbet, along with Emin's barbet, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. It varies from the nominate in having a longer wing, shorter tail, darker bill."
Usambirobaardvogel
Barbican masaï
Usambirobartvogel
Barbudo usambiro
Barbuto dell'Usambiro
barbaças-do-serenguéti
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NOMINATED (3^/7^ CLASS.) AT EXPOSURE.AE IPC, NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY THEME, 2019.
FINALIST AT S.I.P.A. IPC, 2020.
8^ CLASS. AT FESTIVAL NATURE AIN PC, WILDLIFE THEME, 2022.
HONORABLE MENTION, AT VIEPA PHOTO AWARD, AVAILABLE LIGHT/NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY THEME, 2022.
Well... some poor misguided person nominated me for the Bloggies. So, I talk about that on the blog, PLUS, newness, PLUS... other things. You're going to have to read it to find out. readmeri.wordpress.com/2020/10/09/nom-nom-nominated/
Thank you all for the tremendous level of kindness and support you have shown me this past year, including nominating me for the 2020 BLOGGER AND VLOGGER Bloggies awards. I have been nominated for Best Female Fashion Blogger and Best Male Fashion Blogger.
It is time to vote. I would deeply appreciate it if you vote for me in the finals!
You may cast your votes for the 2020 here.
I have been nominated!!! In the following categores: Best Landscape and Garden Blogger and Best Interior Blogger categories ...
I will try to keep this short as there is so much I want to say...
I know I say it all the time but THANK YOU for all of your support....I would say thank you to my "followers" but I've become friends on some level with so many of you that "followers" just isn't enough for me...so thank you my friends for all of your support and for those of you that voted to nominate me, there are no words to let you know how grateful I am. When I first started Home and Garden photography on Flickr, I really had no idea that all of this would come of it, but I'm so glad I did because some of the most amazing people I've gotten to know in Second Life and from other parts of the world, I met here first on Flickr ....THANK YOU!!!!!! ❤️
Kelly
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After being nominated by several people here is my SLBareface Challenge 2020 picture.
I guess not that different to my usual pictures anyways as I barely use any makeup except a little eyeliner. My lashes as they are also not that big I kept on, as even without makeup I have some in RL right? But I took off my hair and wrapped it up so the attention is on the face.
Thank you for challenging me and I wish you all an amazing humpday! <3
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I really can't believe it and to be honest, I didn't expect this.
I'm very grateful and many thanks to everyone who nominated me in the category " "Most Improved Blogger"
and of course, I would like to thanks each one of you, who follow and support me ♥
Vote - HERE , if you like ♥
Voting is open from now until October 18th @ NOON SLT
I have been nominated by Derek Roberts to carryout the 5 day B&W challenge, so here is my fifth contribution.
Many thanks Derek
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5 of 5 B&W challenge
I Nominate Louise Soe to take on the 5 day B&W Challenge
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The adult male of the nominate subspecies, P. p. pica, is 44–46 cm (17–18 in) in length, of which more than half is the tail. The wingspan is 52–62 cm (20–24 in). The head, neck and breast are glossy black with a metallic green and violet sheen; the belly and scapulars (shoulder feathers) are pure white; the wings are black glossed with green or purple, and the primaries have white inner webs, conspicuous when the wing is open. The graduated tail is black, glossed with green and reddish purple. The legs and bill are black; the iris is dark brown. The plumage of the sexes is similar but females are slightly smaller. The tail feathers of both sexes are quite long, about 12–28 cm long. Males of the nominate subspecies weigh 210–272 g (7.4–9.6 oz) while females weigh 182–214 g (6.4–7.5 oz). The young resemble the adults, but are at first without much of the gloss on the sooty plumage. The young have the malar region pink, and somewhat clear eyes. The tail is much shorter than the adults.
The subspecies differ in their size, the amount of white on their plumage and the colour of the gloss on their black feathers. The Asian subspecies P. p. bactriana has more extensive white on the primaries and a prominent white rump.
Adults undergo an annual complete moult after breeding. Moult begins in June or July and ends in September or October. The primary flight feathers are replaced over a period of three months. Juvenile birds undergo a partial moult beginning about one month later than the adult birds in which their body feathers are replaced but not those of the wings or the tail.
Eurasian magpies have a well-known call. It is a choking chatter "chac-chac" or a repetitive "chac-chac-chac-chac". The young also emit the previous call, although they also emit an acute call similar to a "Uik Uik", which may resemble the barking of a small dog. Both adults and young can emit a kind of hiss barely noticeable from afar.
I was nominated , the world through my eyes, how I see it?
FIVE.
Hold me, embrace me, cocoon me...
One of my persona;l favourites, stark, bold.
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thanx for your time and comments, M, (*_*)
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A view looking north from the 2nd Street (Butterfly) Bridge, the center of the larger Seaholm District Project that has transformed a formerly industrial section of southwest downtown Austin into a vibrant urban neighborhood. Austin's fabulous Central Library and Google's new Austin office (now under construction) are located in the Seaholm District. Photographs of both buildings, along with the 2nd Street (Butterfly Bridge) can be found in my Austin, Texas album.
Shoal Creek, seen in this photo, is a stream and urban watershed that runs south from The Domain, a high-density office, retail, and residential center located in the high-tech corridor of northwest Austin, through the western part of downtown and Lady Bird Lake. Shoal Creek is the largest of Austin’s north urban watersheds. The creek is notable for its links to the history of Texas and Austin, its floods, and its scenery and parks just a few minutes from the Texas State Capitol building.
One block ahead is the West 3rd St. Railroad Trestle over Shoal Creek. I posted a photograph of the deck of the trestle five days ago. Constructed in 1925 by the International-Great Northern Railroad as a replacement to an earlier 1876 bridge, the wooden structure is one of the last physical reminders of the rail lines that fueled Austin's rapid development as a regional hub starting in the 1870s. The trestle was last used in the 1990s, and is currently nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
The skyscraper on the left, shown here near completion, is The Independent, the tallest residential skyscraper in the United States west of the Mississippi River. At a height of 690 ft (210 m), it is the tallest building in Austin, surpassing the 683 ft (208 m) tall Austonian, another residential skyscraper. The 58-story Independent has been nicknamed the Jenga Tower, and the Tetris Tower.
Austin is the capital of the State of Texas, as well as the seat of Travis County. With a population of just over one million residents, Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, is the fastest growing large metropolitan area in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
Nominated for the #SLBareFaceChallenge2020 by my beautiful friend Aziza Rose x
No make up ( Lip shine comes with skin)
No filter
Minimal lashes
No editing
Got this poster sent and I´m nominated in several categories.
Proud to post it - please vote for me 😘👍😁
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WOW!
I'm both thrilled and humbled
*Best Landscape and Garden Blogger
*Best Interior Blogger
*Best Photographer
To know that some thought about it and wrote down my name among such talented and amazing bloggers and artists, is already the prize.
Thank you so so much ♥♥♥
Go and check the list of nominees and vote for your favs! 👏👏👏
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I have been nominated three times!
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Lagopus muta muta (nominate, french name : Lagopède alpin) - Around Mont de Grange, Upper-Savoy, France
This species being tight to cold climates, it is in the high mountains that it lives all year round in France, over 2000 masl, and it is where I came to find him, around the magnificent Mont de Grange, maybe the wildest mountain around my home.
I had met this bird it this place two years ago, when I was not using a camera, so I came back with a good hope that they might be resident and still here, and thus take a picture.
Indeed two of them were there, feeding on a slope mixing grass and rocks lanslides, its prefered habitat, that compose the background of the picture. They first gave clue of their presence by the so peculiar song, described as "that of a stick being pulled rapidly across the slats of a picket fence", a sort of strange rattle. Then one showed up near the trail, and stay standing a long time, for the best sight I could expect.
This species has the particularity of moulting three times a year, so that it is perfectly camouflaged all year round according to the seasons and the changing colors in its environment. Also, the red comb above the eye is more or less swollen by a blood supply controlled by the bird. During my observation, the size of the eyebrow varied greatly, and was sometimes much more visible than when I took the photo.
The male is completly white during winter when snow covers everything, only the comb remains red, and here it is the breeding plumage. Another adaptation to its life in the snow is found in its tarsi, which are covered with feathers.
It is a fantastic bird, and we enjoy to be close to some individuals during a hike in the most preserved mountains.
I was nominated by someone to upload 7 images of places that had meaning to me.
ONE
Taken awhile back!
We'd left Whitby because of the incoming sea mist.
The light gone, not dressed for it on this otherwise lovely summer's day for the cold surprise that suddenly enveloped us, we decided to go inland to capture the sunset.
The road took us passed Robin Hood's Bay.
Now, on that part of the beautiful North-Yorkshire Heritage Coast, you drive along the top of the cliffs, you are high up, it was sunny again, we gave into the temptation and turned in, with Nature, you never know, maybe it was just around Whitby...
You have to park your car above the village and walk down.
Before we arrived there we wanted to let our dog out, I followed the white plume of his tail as he wandered off into a field full of wildflowers, nettles and brambles, to my amazement this was the scene that unfolded in front of my feasting eyes, the mist was already grabbing the church.
I ran for my camera, back just in time for this.
Underneath that thick blanket are the bay and the sea.
By the time Paul got his gear out, that day he had decided on a Hasselblad-day + tripod... everything was covered in mist, yeah, sigh, when you miss it, you miss it!
Hope your day is clear, thanx for viewing, Magda, (*_*)
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Purple Swamphen (Prophyrio poliocephalus) Nominate subspecies P.p. poliocephalus is a resident of Sri Lanka. Widespread throughout the Island Frequents fresh water marshes.. Belongs Rallidae family.
කිතලා උප විශේෂය P.p. poliocephalus ලංකාවේ ජීවත්වෙන පක්ෂියෙකි. දිවයින පුරා පැතිර ඇති මොවුන් මිරිදිය වගුරු බිම් ආශ්රිතව ගැවසේ.
I was nominated , the world through my eyes
SIX
RUNSWICK BAY.
We drove through the Cleveland Hills, North-Yorkshire, the weather getting more and more ominous as we got closer to the Heritage Coast, flat light, no detail in the sky, ah well it was going to be 'an outing' of discovery and mental photography...
That's how we came to this beautiful little village, the road ends just before this, I was so enthralled by what I saw, grabbed my stuff, jumped out of the car, ran towards the sea, this was my first shot.
Thank you for all your kindness and as always, thanks for your visits and comments today, M, (*_*)
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Le Blaireau européen (en réalité plutôt eurasien) porte le nom scientifique Meles meles. C'est la plus grosse espèce de Mustélidés d'Europe. Trapu et court sur pattes, il peut atteindre 70 cm de long (90 cm avec la queue, qui mesure 20 cm environ), pour 25 à 30 cm au garrot et jusqu'à une vingtaine de kilogrammes (12 kg en moyenne).
Meles meles possède 34 dents. Il présente parfois une très petite prémolaire derrière les canines.
Il est très reconnaissable aux bandes longitudinales noires qu'il porte sur son museau blanc. Ce blaireau vit potentiellement dans presque toute l'Europe et une grande partie du nord de l'Asie centrale et du nord, au sud du cercle polaire (jusqu'à 2 000 m d'altitude en France).
Il semble aujourd'hui confiné à certaines forêts et bordures de haies prairiales et plus rarement en milieu ouvert, mais alors près d'un bosquet, d'une haie épaisse. Cette répartition pourrait aussi résulter des pressions de chasse faites sur l'espèce depuis plusieurs millénaires.
C'est un animal fouisseur, capable de construire de vastes galeries « familiales ».
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The European badger (Meles meles), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to almost all of Europe and some parts of Western Asia. It is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List as it has a wide range and a large stable population size, and is thought to be increasing in some regions. Several subspecies are recognized with the nominate subspecies (M. meles meles) predominating in most of Europe.
The European badger is a powerfully built black, white, brown and grey animal with a small head, a stocky body, small black eyes and short tail. Its weight varies, being 7–13 kg (15–29 lb) in spring but building up to 15–17 kg (33–37 lb) in autumn before the winter sleep period. It is nocturnal and is a social, burrowing animal that sleeps during the day in one of several setts in its territorial range. These burrows have multiple chambers and entrances, and are extensive systems of underground passages of 35–81 m (115–266 ft) length. They house several badger families that use these setts for decades. Badgers are fussy over the cleanliness of their burrow, carrying in fresh bedding and removing soiled material, and they defecate in latrines strategically situated outside their setts.
Although classified as a carnivore, the European badger feeds on a wide variety of plant and animal foods, feeding on earthworms, large insects, small mammals, carrion, cereals and tubers. Litters of up to five cubs are produced in spring. The young are weaned a few months later but usually remain within the family group. The European badger has been known to share its burrow with other species such as rabbits, red foxes and raccoon dogs, but it can be ferocious when provoked, a trait which has been exploited in the now illegal blood sport of badger-baiting. Badgers are a reservoir for bovine tuberculosis, which also affects cattle. In England, culling of badger populations is used to reduce the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle.
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I was nominated , the world through my eyes.
FOUR.
I am a sensitive realists who through photography escapes from reality, by capturing real moments in time.
That is how I see the world.
The cathedral like trees, dappled light, and again, the silence only broken by a bumblebee, a bird, a distant moo, the shutter of the camera.
This is ZEN.
Hope your day is filled with smiles and thank you,,M, (*_*)
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The adult male of the nominate subspecies, S. e. europaea is 14 cm (5.5 in) long with a 22.5–27 cm (8.9–10.6 in) wingspan. It weighs 17–28 g (0.6–1 oz). It has blue-grey upperparts, a black eye-stripe and whitish throat and underparts. The flanks and lower belly are orange-red, mottled with white on the undertail. The stout bill is dark grey with a paler area on the base of the lower mandible, the iris is dark brown and the legs and feet are pale brown or greyish. Most other members of the S. e. europaea group differ only in detail from the nominate form, often with respect to the hue of the underparts, but S. e. arctica is quite distinctive. It is large, pale, has a white forehead and a reduced eye-stripe, and it has more white in the tail and wings than any other subspecies. Nuthatches move on trees with short leaps, and do not use their tails for support. In flight, they have a characteristic appearance, with a pointed head, round wings and a short, square tail. Their flight is fast, with wings closed between beats, and is usually of short duration.
S. e. caesia, the most widespread of the western subspecies, has orange-buff underparts except for a white throat and cheeks. The other western forms mainly differ in the exact shade of the underparts, although some southeastern forms also show a white forehead and supercilium. S. e. sinensis and S. e. formosana, of China and Taiwan respectively, have buff underparts like the western races, but have buff, instead of white, throats.
The female is similar in appearance to the male, but may be identified by her slightly paler upperparts, a browner eyestripe and a more washed-out tone to the flanks and lower belly. In the eastern form, S. e. asiatica, some males have buff underparts like the female, and birds with this appearance are difficult to sex in the field. Young birds resemble the female, although their plumage is duller and they have paler legs. Individuals can be reliably sexed as female from about 12 days old by their paler and buffer flanks, or, in some white-breasted subspecies, by the creamier hue of their underparts.
Adults have a complete moult after breeding which takes about 80 days, starting from late May onwards and finishing by late September. The moult period for Siberian birds is more compressed, running from June to mid-September. Fledged juveniles moult some of their wing coverts when they are about eight weeks old.
In much of its range, Eurasian is the only nuthatch present. In southeast Europe and southwest Asia, the western and eastern rock nuthatches are larger and paler than the Eurasian species. They also lack white spots in the tail and are usually found in a different, stony habitat, and Krüper's nuthatch is small and has a black cap and reddish breast patch. In southwest China, the chestnut-vented nuthatch is very similar to the European bird, but is darker above, has less white on the face and has greyer underparts.
Nominate race are a passage Bird in Sufolk.This male was in the Car Park at Alton Water this Morning.
I want to really thank you to everyone who voted me. I am so happy and honored to be nominated as Best New Blogger :)
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I am so honored that I've been nominated as one of the best shoe Blogger ... i didn't expect it ♥
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The adult male of the nominate subspecies, S. e. europaea is 14 cm (5.5 in) long with a 22.5–27 cm (8.9–10.6 in) wingspan. It weighs 17–28 g (0.6–1 oz). It has blue-grey upperparts, a black eye-stripe and whitish throat and underparts. The flanks and lower belly are orange-red, mottled with white on the undertail. The stout bill is dark grey with a paler area on the base of the lower mandible, the iris is dark brown and the legs and feet are pale brown or greyish. Most other members of the S. e. europaea group differ only in detail from the nominate form, often with respect to the hue of the underparts, but S. e. arctica is quite distinctive. It is large, pale, has a white forehead and a reduced eye-stripe, and it has more white in the tail and wings than any other subspecies. Nuthatches move on trees with short leaps, and do not use their tails for support. In flight, they have a characteristic appearance, with a pointed head, round wings and a short, square tail. Their flight is fast, with wings closed between beats, and is usually of short duration.
S. e. caesia, the most widespread of the western subspecies, has orange-buff underparts except for a white throat and cheeks. The other western forms mainly differ in the exact shade of the underparts, although some southeastern forms also show a white forehead and supercilium. S. e. sinensis and S. e. formosana, of China and Taiwan respectively, have buff underparts like the western races, but have buff, instead of white, throats.
The female is similar in appearance to the male, but may be identified by her slightly paler upperparts, a browner eyestripe and a more washed-out tone to the flanks and lower belly. In the eastern form, S. e. asiatica, some males have buff underparts like the female, and birds with this appearance are difficult to sex in the field. Young birds resemble the female, although their plumage is duller and they have paler legs. Individuals can be reliably sexed as female from about 12 days old by their paler and buffer flanks, or, in some white-breasted subspecies, by the creamier hue of their underparts.
Adults have a complete moult after breeding which takes about 80 days, starting from late May onwards and finishing by late September. The moult period for Siberian birds is more compressed, running from June to mid-September. Fledged juveniles moult some of their wing coverts when they are about eight weeks old.
In much of its range, Eurasian is the only nuthatch present. In southeast Europe and southwest Asia, the western and eastern rock nuthatches are larger and paler than the Eurasian species. They also lack white spots in the tail and are usually found in a different, stony habitat, and Krüper's nuthatch is small and has a black cap and reddish breast patch. In southwest China, the chestnut-vented nuthatch is very similar to the European bird, but is darker above, has less white on the face and has greyer underparts.
Guesthouse Aescher, Ebenalp, Switzerland.
National Geographic has nominated this guesthouse as the most beautiful place on earth - with quite severe consequences. Suddenly tourist from all over the world booked a room in this guesthouse not knowing anything more than what was published in NatGeo. Tourists came with their elegant shoes and their rolling suitcases. But...
...this is a mountain hut not a 5-star-hotel. It can only be reached by cable car and an alpine hiking trail (roughly 1 mile and a 500 feet descent including a cavern). So hiking shoes and a backpack are the right stuff not your latest fashion wear. The totally nerved tourists jangled the innkeepers' nerves, the totally nerved innkeepers finally gave up and closed down the place. Now it was reopened as a restaurant and hostel (rooms with 4 to 15 beds). And it looks like it finally returned to be a nice place instead of a crowdy mess.
Das Gasthaus Aescher unterhalb der Ebenalp, Schweiz. Das Gasthaus wurde durch National Geographic zum schönsten Ort der Welt gekürt - mit dramatischen Folgen. Auf einmal buchten Menschen aus aller Welt ein Zimmer, ohne zu wissen, wie die wirkliche Situation dort war. Sie kamen mit modischem Schuhwerk und Rollkoffern, dann trafen sie auf das: Eine Berghütte, nur erreichbar über einen Wanderweg (über 1 km lang mit Abstieg von insgesamt etwa 150 Höhenmetern, der erst noch durch eine Höhle führt), kein Taxiservice, mit Duschen und WCs auf der Etage. Der Aescher war erstaunlicherweise kein 5-Stern-Hotel. So was! Die genervten Gäste nervten die Wirte und die Wirte gaben am Ende entnervt auf. Das Gasthaus wurde geschlossen. Neue Wirte haben nun übernommen und es wiedereröffnet. So wie es aussieht hat sich der Betrieb wieder normalisiert. Zum Glück. Das Gasthaus verfügt über Zimmer mit 4 bis 15 Betten (wie gesagt, es ist eine Berghütte...)
The Old U.S. Post Office in Elizabethton, Tennessee was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under criterion C for architecture in this small community. It was quite an achievement for a town this small to secure a building of this
size & style and the architecture was very unique for the area. This late Beaux Arts building was constructed in 1932 and has an ashlar, raised basement, a front facade with eight Ionic columns in antis, and a hip roof with balustrated parapet. This buildings was designed in 1931, constructed in 1932, and occupied by the Post Office in 1933. This was done under the supervision of the Treasury Department and C. A. Morrison & Son was General Contractor. The value is enchanced by the fact that the exterior of building today exists same as it did when newly constructed. A 'modernization' was accomplished under the auspices of the General Services Administration in 1965. However, the changes made to interior were minor and in no way effect the character of the building. It was added to the NRHP on August 9, 1983. The information above and more can be found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration located here:
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The adult male of the nominate subspecies, S. e. europaea is 14 cm (5.5 in) long with a 22.5–27 cm (8.9–10.6 in) wingspan. It weighs 17–28 g (0.6–1 oz). It has blue-grey upperparts, a black eye-stripe and whitish throat and underparts. The flanks and lower belly are orange-red, mottled with white on the undertail. The stout bill is dark grey with a paler area on the base of the lower mandible, the iris is dark brown and the legs and feet are pale brown or greyish. Most other members of the S. e. europaea group differ only in detail from the nominate form, often with respect to the hue of the underparts, but S. e. arctica is quite distinctive. It is large, pale, has a white forehead and a reduced eye-stripe, and it has more white in the tail and wings than any other subspecies. Nuthatches move on trees with short leaps, and do not use their tails for support. In flight, they have a characteristic appearance, with a pointed head, round wings and a short, square tail. Their flight is fast, with wings closed between beats, and is usually of short duration.
S. e. caesia, the most widespread of the western subspecies, has orange-buff underparts except for a white throat and cheeks. The other western forms mainly differ in the exact shade of the underparts, although some southeastern forms also show a white forehead and supercilium. S. e. sinensis and S. e. formosana, of China and Taiwan respectively, have buff underparts like the western races, but have buff, instead of white, throats.
The female is similar in appearance to the male, but may be identified by her slightly paler upperparts, a browner eyestripe and a more washed-out tone to the flanks and lower belly. In the eastern form, S. e. asiatica, some males have buff underparts like the female, and birds with this appearance are difficult to sex in the field. Young birds resemble the female, although their plumage is duller and they have paler legs. Individuals can be reliably sexed as female from about 12 days old by their paler and buffer flanks, or, in some white-breasted subspecies, by the creamier hue of their underparts.
Adults have a complete moult after breeding which takes about 80 days, starting from late May onwards and finishing by late September. The moult period for Siberian birds is more compressed, running from June to mid-September. Fledged juveniles moult some of their wing coverts when they are about eight weeks old.
In much of its range, Eurasian is the only nuthatch present. In southeast Europe and southwest Asia, the western and eastern rock nuthatches are larger and paler than the Eurasian species. They also lack white spots in the tail and are usually found in a different, stony habitat, and Krüper's nuthatch is small and has a black cap and reddish breast patch. In southwest China, the chestnut-vented nuthatch is very similar to the European bird, but is darker above, has less white on the face and has greyer underparts.