Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) - HBW 13, p. 136
French:
Sittelle à poitrine rousse
German: Kanadakleiber
Spanish: Trepador
Canadiense
Other common names: Red-bellied Nuthatch
Taxonomy: Sitta
canadensis Linnaeus, 1766, Canada.
A
member of a species group that contains also S. whiteheadi, S.
ledanti, S. krueperi, S. villosa and S.
yunnanensis, and all sometimes thought to form a superspecies.
Present species formerly treated as conspecific with S. whiteheadi
and S. villosa; close relationship with these two supported by
recent data on mitochondrial DNA, which indicate that all three form
a sister-clade to S. krueperi and S. ledanti (no S.
yunnanensis material was available for analysis), with a genetic
distance of approximately 10% betwe.. View all taxonomy...
A member of a species group that contains also S. whiteheadi, S. ledanti, S. krueperi, S. villosa and S. yunnanensis, and all sometimes thought to form a superspecies. Present species formerly treated as conspecific with S. whiteheadi and S. villosa; close relationship with these two supported by recent data on mitochondrial DNA, which indicate that all three form a sister-clade to S. krueperi and S. ledanti (no S. yunnanensis material was available for analysis), with a genetic distance of approximately 10% between the two clades. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds from SE Alaska (E from Kodiak I) and S Canada (S from S Yukon, including Queen Charlotte Is and Vancouver, N Saskatchewan and C Manitoba, and E to SC Quebec, S Labrador and Newfoundland, including islands of Prince Edward, Anticosti, and St Pierre and Miquelon), S in W USA (absent much of E Washington) to mountains in California (excluding immediate coast, but breeds irregularly Santa Cruz I) and Rocky Mts and Great Basin from W & S Montana (also isolated forests in E) S to C & W Colorado, E Arizona and S New Mexico, also W South Dakota (Black Hills) and irregularly SW North Dakota and N Nebraska; in E, breeds S to NE & E Minnesota, N Wisconsin, S Michigan, N Ohio, C Pennsylvania, S New Jersey and N Connecticut, extending S in Appalachian Mts to E Tennessee and W North Carolina.
- Least Concern
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A bird hammering at a sunflower seed wedged into the bark of a tree Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 1 November 2007 2 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on a suet cake Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA (Monotypic species)
Alexander Grimwade 6 March 2006 4 years ago 41 sec 4.1 -
Several birds attracted by imitations of their calls Île Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 14 June 2006 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
An adult looking for food on a tree trunk California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 June 2006 3 years ago 7 sec 4 -
Bird excavating a nest cavity Lake Wissota, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA
Bruce Steger 1 May 2008 1 year ago 39 sec 3.3 -
A bird feeding and climbing on a branch Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Michael Grunow 8 October 2004 3 years ago 12 sec 3.1
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Red-breasted Nuthatch seen in Chincoteague, Virginia Virginia, USA
Larry Meade 2 February 2008 30 weeks ago 4 -
Red-breasted nuthatch feeding on spruce seeds. Colorado, USA
Mike Ross 12 December 2009 37 weeks ago 4 -
Red-breasted Nuthatch feeding on spruce cones. Colorado, USA
Mike Ross 12 December 2009 37 weeks ago 4 -
Red-breasted nuthatch feeding on a pine. Genesee State Park, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Mike Ross 21 November 2009 38 weeks ago 4 -
A bird looking for insects on the Douglas Fir in my backyard. West Linn, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Brian Cagan 12 November 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
Adult Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Aegolius 28 April 2008 10 weeks ago 3.3
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Calling adult Sierra County, California, USA
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 6 June 2005 37 weeks ago 2
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