"Adults and young may be killed by hawks, owls and snakes, and forest clearance may lead to local habitat loss, but this is a common species with no major conservation concerns over most of its range." I would split this sentence after snakes.
Done
Description
"The wing coverts and flight feathers are blackish with paler fringes," blackish sounds a bit vague to me.
Done - it's what the book says, but changed to very dark gray
Okay. If you want to revert it to blackish, since that's the source, then fire away. If you can find any other source might perhaps clarify what colour, it might also be a good idea.
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14:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)reply
"The face and the underparts are white, and the white of the face extends around the eye." I might suggest re-writing this to "with the white extending around the eyes." or " ..., which extends ..." However, I'm not sure why you need the second clause. Isn't the eye part of the face? I might be missing something here.
Done removed clause - it's actually a key difference from other NAm nuthatches, but I say that later anyway
I've left a couple of notes above, which might help further changes. Otherwise a nice article. Not sure it's long enough for FAC, but there's not much other improvements I could suggest if you did want to go to FAC. It's a really nice article, with some very good images. Well done.
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14:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)reply