Red-breasted nuthatch: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red-breasted nuthatch lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sitta canadensis
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	1.15 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Sittidae

Where does the red-breasted nuthatch live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-breasted nuthatch in 4 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a red-breasted nuthatch?

Wikidata records the following for the red-breasted nuthatch: mass 1.15 g (birth weight).

Is the red-breasted nuthatch endangered?

The red-breasted nuthatch’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red-breasted nuthatch?

The red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Sittidae, genus Sitta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red-breasted nuthatch

The red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red-breasted nuthatch (revision 1357464341), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q597684 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).