A historical Himalayan account describes this nuthatch with a cinnamon belly and records nests in decayed bamboo and roadside walls.
In the historical description, the male has ashy-blue upperparts and deep cinnamon-chestnut underparts; the female is paler and dull chestnut below.
The author records a nest in decayed bamboo in Sikkim and many nests in retaining walls and field or compound walls in the Khasi Hills.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.