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.
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Red-breasted nuthatch excavating a nest hole in a dead spruce tree. © 2011 Garth McElroy Locality Maine, USA (United States)
wildbirdvideos 25 May 2011 27 weeks ago 21 sec 4.6 -
A bird hammering at a sunflower seed wedged into the bark of a tree Locality Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 1 November 2007 3 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on a suet cake Locality Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Alexander Grimwade 6 March 2006 5 years ago 41 sec 4.1 -
Several birds attracted by imitations of their calls Locality Île Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 14 June 2006 3 years ago 25 sec 4 -
An adult looking for food on a tree trunk Locality California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 June 2006 4 years ago 7 sec 4 -
Bird excavating a nest cavity Locality Lake Wissota, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA (United States)
Bruce Steger 1 May 2008 3 years ago 39 sec 3.3
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Looking down
Locality Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 1 March 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
On a Christmas tree
Locality Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 1 March 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
Individual on bird feeder.
Locality Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 2 October 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Climbing !!!
Locality Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 1 March 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Red-breasted Nuthatch feeding on spruce cones.
Locality Colorado, USA (United States)
Mike Ross 12 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Red-breasted Nuthatch seen in Chincoteague, Virginia
Locality Virginia, USA (United States)
Larry Meade 2 February 2008 2 years ago 3.8
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Calling adult Locality Sierra County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 6 June 2005 2 years ago 2
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