Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Size |
4½″ in length 8½″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
Breeding: Spruce-fir and pine forests and pine plantations Migration: Mixed woodlands |
Ecology |
Migration |
Early April to late May and mid-August to early November |
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Distribution |
Occurrence |
Common to uncommon year-round resident in the south; local migrant and breeder in the north; uncommon to occasionally common migrant in the west |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Aves (birds) |
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Passeriformes (perching birds) |
Family |
Sittidae (nuthatches) |
Genus |
Sitta (nuthatches) |
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Gregory Gilman |
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| A Red-breasted Nuthatch, though well within their range, it's not a common bird here on the edge of the prairie in NW Pennington County |  |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch - Excavating Nest WIld Bird Video Productions |
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Published on Apr 12, 2012 A red-breasted nuthatch excavating a nest cavity in a dead spruce tree. © 2011 Garth McElroy. License at http://www.paya.com/videos/135201 |
| Backyard birding: Red-breasted nuthatch The State Journal-Register |
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Published on Mar 7, 2013 The search for food has brought some birds south to Illinois this fall. The red-breasted nuthatch is showing up at backyard feeders in good numbers. For more birding and nature news, visit: www.prairiestateoutdoors.com/birding. |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch barredowl14 |
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2007 Seen at Dunes State Park. |
| The Red-breasted Nuthatch (60 seconds) HinterlandWW |
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010 Like all nuthatches the Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis has short legs, a flat body, and a large head. Its strong, rather long bill is slightly upturned. The Red-breasted Nuthatch can be distinguished from other nuthatches by a pronounced white eyebrow stripe set off by a black line through the eye, and black on top of the head and neck. The crown is black in the male and dark greyish-blue in the female. The back, wings, and tail are mostly greyish-blue in both male and female. The rusty-coloured underparts that give this species its name are paler in the female. The long and pointed wings when folded extend nearly to the tip of the short tail. The birds overall length is about 11 cm. |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) at Mount Pinos, California Larsphoto1 |
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Uploaded on Nov 4, 2011 No description available. |
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| Ramona Abrego | Location: Cook County |
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| Alfredo Colon 1/14/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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| Ramona Abrego 10/24/2018 |
Location: Becker County |
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| Luciearl 10/17/2018 |
Location: Cass County |
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| Ramona Abrego 10/15/2018 |
Location: Becker County |
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| Bill Reynolds 5/8/2017 |
Location: Pennington County A Red-breasted Nuthatch, though well within their range, it's not a common bird here on the edge of the prairie in NW Pennington County |
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| Gregory Gilman 2/19/2015 |
Location: Rochester, MN |
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| Bill Reynolds 3/20/2006 |
Location: Pennington Co. |
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