Red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis
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Length: 4 inches
Straight gray bill
Black crown and eyeline with white supercilium
White lower face and throat
Blue-gray upperparts
Reddish underparts
Short tail ...
Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Relatives in same Genus
White-breasted Nuthatch (S. carolinensis)
Pygmy Nuthatch (S. pygmaea) ...
The Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) is a nesting bird throughout the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains as well as much of Canada and the far northern United States. The species may be found in winter virtually anywhere in the U.S.
Song: Red-breasted Nuthatch Song
Migration: Red-breasted Nuthatches are permanent residents in much of Canada and the mountains of the western United States.
Red-breasted Nuthatches are fairly common, year-round, resident birds of Alberta, occurring most abundantly in coniferous or mixed woods. Their range includes the entire forested region of the province, including Cypress Hills.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis)
Status: Winter Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as an irregular migrant and winter resident.
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
The Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis) is a small (4-1/2 inches long) nuthatch with a black cap and a black line through the eye and a white line above it. The underparts are rust colored. Back, wings and tail a slate blue grey.
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Family Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis Linnaeus ...
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolopus bicolor)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) ...
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis. Uncommon and erratic in winter, spring, and fall in all regions. Found in coniferous and mixed pine-hardwood woodlands. Lowest Conservation Concern.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis (scientific)
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis (scientific) ...
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
Brown Creeper Behaviour
No observations regarding Brown Creeper behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis (scientific)
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus (scientific) ...
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Baltimore Oriole
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
The Red-breasted Nuthatch occurs mostly in upper elevations throughout the United States all year. In the winter it occupies most of the middle and eastern portions of the country.
About the size of a Red-breasted Nuthatch with a brown cap and dark eyeline bordering the cap. Gray on the back and buff below. A small white or pale nape spot may be visable at close range.
THE RED-BELLIED NUTHATCH.
[Red-breasted Nuthatch.]
SITTA CANADENSIS, Linn.
[Sitta canadensis.] ...
nearly all birds onshore were Double-crested
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 1w about 3/4 of the way to the Isles
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 one caught midair and eaten by a Great
Black-backed Gull!
Palm Warbler 1 "western" on Jeffry's Ledge ...
 See also: Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Woodpecker, Nuthatche, Chickadee
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