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Nuthatches

Nuthatches

4 Bird Species
Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

This small, almost tailless bird has a brown head with pale face, a disproportionately long bill, gray wings and back and buffy and gray underparts. Distinguished from Pygmy Nuthatch, which only occurs in western pine forests, by more chestnut-brown head, larger pale spot on nape and larger size. more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Pygmy Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Large bill and head, short tail, big feet. Brownish-gray head with dark eye-line, pale face and throat, and large dark bill with limited pale blue lower mandible. Dark gray wings and long, dark primary projection with paler gray and buffy underparts. Short, dark tail. Very similar to Brown-headed nut more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bold black crown and eyeline with white supercilium, face and throat. Long thin black bill. Rusty orange breast and belly, gray lower flanks and dark gray tail and legs. Females and immatures are paler orange below, grayer on the crown, and show less contrast between the buffy orange breast and white more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 21 cm

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Heavy-bodied chickadee sized bird with very short tail and a long, thin, slightly upturned bill. Mostly white below and on the face. The crown, nape, and back are blueish gray, darkest on the crown. Crown and nape are black on adult males. Dark gray wings with long primary projection. Primaries edged more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

  • Brown-headed Nuthatch

    Brown-headed Nuthatch

    5 Photographs
  • Pygmy Nuthatch

    Pygmy Nuthatch

    6 Photographs
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Red-breasted Nuthatch

    10 Photographs
  • White-breasted Nuthatch

    White-breasted Nuthatch

    21 Photographs

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Non-vegetated Areas

0 species

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Salt Water

0 species

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Human-altered Areas

3 species

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Sitta pusilla

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
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Fresh Water

0 species

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Grassland and Scrubland

0 species

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Forest and Woodlands

4 species

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Sitta pusilla

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Pygmy Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Sitta pygmaea

Dry Western Woodlands
Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
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