Order: Sitta europaea
                Family: 
                Nuthatches
                 (Sittidae)
            
            
Danske navn: Spætmejse
Voices can be found here (external link)| Subspecie | Distribution | 
|---|---|
| caesia | w, c and se Europe | 
| europaea | n and e Europe | 
| hispaniensis | Portugal, Spain and n Morocco | 
| cisalpina | Switzerland, Croatia, Italy and Sicily | 
| levantina | s Turkey, n Syria and n Lebanon | 
| persica | se Turkey, n Iraq and w Iran | 
| caucasica | ne Turkey to sw Russia | 
| rubiginosa | n Iran and Azerbaijan | 
| asiatica | sw, sc Siberia, n Kazakhstan and w Mongolia | 
| baicalensis | e Siberia, c Mongolia | 
| albifrons | ne Siberia and the n Kuril Is. | 
| sakhalinensis | Sakhalin I. | 
| takatsukasai | sc Kuril Is. | 
| clara | s Kuril Is., Hokkaido (n Japan) | 
| hondoensis | Honshu to n Kyushu (Japan) | 
| amurensis | Russian Far East, ne China and Korea | 
| roseilia | s Kyushu (extreme s Japan) | 
| bedfordi | Cheju I. (off South Korea) | 
| seorsa | nw China | 
| sinensis | nc and e China | 
| formosana | Taiwan |