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[[Image:Red-breasted_Nuthatch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|etow|etow}}<br/>North Central Ohio, USA, February 2006]]
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'''Alternative name: Red-bellied Nuthatch'''
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Male Red-breasted Nuthatches have a black crown and nape. The lores, the supercilium, and the sides of the mantle are white. A black eyestripe broadens backward to the sides of the mantle. The chin, cheeks, ear coverts, and sides of the upper neck are white. The upperparts, lesser and median coverts, and central tail feathers are gray-blue. The outer 4 tail feathers have white centers, and the outer 3 have gray-blue tips. The primaries, secondaries, tertials, and alula are dark gray-brown. The lower neck, breast, flanks, belly, vent, and undertail coverts are rusty-cinnamon. The upper mandible is black, the lower is pale gray, and the legs and feet are dusky.
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[[Image:Outwingred.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Deerbird|Deerbird}}<br />[[Kentucky]], November 2018]]
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Females are similar to males, but the crown and nape and eyestripe are dark gray, not black; the eyestripe is variable but usually paler than in males.  Underparts are paler, not as richly colored as males.
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*Black crown and nape
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*White [[Topography#Heads|lores]] , the [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]], and the sides of the mantle
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*Black eyestripe broadens backward to the sides of the mantle
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*White chin, cheeks, ear [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]], and sides of the upper neck
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*Grey blue upperparts, lesser and median coverts, and central tail feathers
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*Outer 4 tail feathers have white centres; outer 3 have grey-blue tips
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*Dark grey brown flight feathers
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*Cinnamon lower neck, breast, flanks, belly, vent, and undertail coverts
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*Black upper [[Dictionary_M-O#M|mandible]], pale grey lower
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*Dusky legs and feet
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====Females====
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*Similar to males, but the crown and nape are dark grey, not black
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*Eyestripe is variable but usually paler than in males
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*Underparts are paler, not as richly coloured as males
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Breeds across [[Canada]] from southeastern [[Alaska]], Manitoba, and Newfoundland south to southern California, Arizona, Great Lakes region, and northern New England, and south in Appalachians to North Carolina. Winters in breeding range and irregularly south to Gulf Coast and northern Florida.
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Breeds across [[Canada]] from southeastern [[Alaska]], [[Manitoba]], and [[Newfoundland]] south to southern [[California]], [[Arizona]], Great Lakes region, and northern New England, and south in Appalachians to [[North Carolina]].
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Winters in breeding range and irregularly south to Gulf Coast and northern [[Florida]].
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Fairly common to abundant.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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A member of the Sittidae family.  Linnaeus, 1766.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Coniferous forests; more widespread during migration and winter.
 
Coniferous forests; more widespread during migration and winter.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
Nuthatches hoard excess food and will transport seed from a tree heavily laden with mature cones to their distant larders. In years of bad harvest, they migrate in large numbers to more southerly forests. They also feed on bark insects, maneuvering with agility around the tips of small, outer branches or in treetops.
 
Nuthatches hoard excess food and will transport seed from a tree heavily laden with mature cones to their distant larders. In years of bad harvest, they migrate in large numbers to more southerly forests. They also feed on bark insects, maneuvering with agility around the tips of small, outer branches or in treetops.
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The voice is a tinny ''yank-yank'', higher pitched and more nasal than the call of the [[White-breasted Nuthatch]].
 
  
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They also feed on bark insects.
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====Vocalisation====
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A tinny ''yank-yank'', higher pitched and more nasal than the call of the [[White-breasted Nuthatch]].  Some describe it as sounding similar to a toy tin horn.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#BF Member observations
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==External Links==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 3 April 2024

Photo © by etow
North Central Ohio, USA, February 2006

Alternative name: Red-bellied Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Identification

Photo © by Deerbird
Kentucky, November 2018
  • Black crown and nape
  • White lores , the supercilium, and the sides of the mantle
  • Black eyestripe broadens backward to the sides of the mantle
  • White chin, cheeks, ear coverts, and sides of the upper neck
  • Grey blue upperparts, lesser and median coverts, and central tail feathers
  • Outer 4 tail feathers have white centres; outer 3 have grey-blue tips
  • Dark grey brown flight feathers
  • Cinnamon lower neck, breast, flanks, belly, vent, and undertail coverts
  • Black upper mandible, pale grey lower
  • Dusky legs and feet

Females

  • Similar to males, but the crown and nape are dark grey, not black
  • Eyestripe is variable but usually paler than in males
  • Underparts are paler, not as richly coloured as males

Distribution

Breeds across Canada from southeastern Alaska, Manitoba, and Newfoundland south to southern California, Arizona, Great Lakes region, and northern New England, and south in Appalachians to North Carolina.

Winters in breeding range and irregularly south to Gulf Coast and northern Florida.
Fairly common to abundant.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Coniferous forests; more widespread during migration and winter.

Behaviour

Diet

Nuthatches hoard excess food and will transport seed from a tree heavily laden with mature cones to their distant larders. In years of bad harvest, they migrate in large numbers to more southerly forests. They also feed on bark insects, maneuvering with agility around the tips of small, outer branches or in treetops.

They also feed on bark insects.

Vocalisation

A tinny yank-yank, higher pitched and more nasal than the call of the White-breasted Nuthatch. Some describe it as sounding similar to a toy tin horn.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations

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