Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
About Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Perching Birds
- Family: Nuthatches
The red-breasted nuthatch is a small songbird. The adult has blue-grey upperparts with cinnamon underparts, a white throat and face with a black stripe through the eyes, a straight grey bill and a black crown. Its call, which has been likened to a tin trumpet, is high-pitched and nasal. It breeds in coniferous forests across Canada, Alaska and the northeastern and western United States. Though often a permanent resident, it regularly irrupts further south if its food supply fails. There are records of vagrants occurring as far south as the Gulf Coast and northern Mexico. It forages on the trunks and large branches of trees, often descending head first, sometimes catching insects in flight. It eats mainly insects and seeds, especially from conifers. It excavates its nest in dead wood, often close to the ground, smearing the entrance with pitch.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2001-09-01
Lava Beds National Monument, United States of AmericaAt higher elevations. -
2008-09-20
Emigrant Wilderness, United States of America -
2008-11-17
Skylawn Cemetary, United States of America -
2009-04-04
Bernal Hill, United States of AmericaNear the Esmarelda steps. -
2010-01-16
Sugar Pine Point State Park, United States of America -
2012-06-04
Grayling, United States of America -
2012-07-08
Necedah NWR, United States of Americaheard -
2012-10-08
Presidio - El Polin Spring, United States of America -
2013-03-07
Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, United States of America -
2013-04-19
Bolivar Peninsula, United States of America -
2013-06-06
Middle Fork Cosumnes River, United States of AmericaHeard -
2013-07-02
Yolla Bolla Wilderness, United States of Americaheard -
2018-03-11
Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden, United States of America -
2018-07-29
Big Bend Yuba River, United States of America -
2019-05-17
Yosemite National Park, United States of America -
2019-05-18
Yosemite National Park, United States of America -
2019-09-21
Lake Tahoe, United States of America -
2020-07-21
Rogue River, United States of America -
2021-06-11
Bishop, United States of America -
2023-05-12
Montrose Point, United States of America -
2023-09-16
Yosemite National Park, United States of America -
2025-05-30
Banff National Park - Cave and Basin Marsh, Canada -
2025-05-31
Jasper National Park - Icefields Parkway, Canada
