Species: Sitta canadensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Sittidae
Genus
Sitta
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Sita Canadiense - sittelle à poitrine rousse
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Sittidae - Sitta - Possibly conspecific with Asiatic S. VILLOSA (AOU 1983).
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - true - false
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Eats mainly conifer seeds and insects; forages over trunk and branches.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size is 4-7 (usually 5-6). Incubation lasts 12 days? Young are tended by both parents, leave nest at 18-21 days.
Ecology Comments
Territorial during breeding season; territories range in size from 0.2 hectares in Quebec (Cyr 1974) to 10 hectares in subalpine forests in New Hampshire (Sabo 1980). Winter territoriality is variable; territories are maintained by resident pairs, but migratory indidividuals do not defend territories (Tyler 1948, Matthysen et al. 1992).
Length
11
Weight
10
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDS: southern Alaska to northern Saskatchewan and Labrador, south to southern California, southern New Mexico, western South Dakota, southern Saskatchewan, Minnesota, northern Ohio, New Jersey, and southern Appalachians; also in isolated areas to south. WINTERS: throughout most of breeding range, irregularly to Gulf Coast.