Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
English name : Red-breasted Nuthatch | French : Sittelle à poitrine rousse | Spanish : Trepador canadiense | Latin : Sitta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Peculiarities: This nuthatch can come in the hands, like the black-headed Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), when presented with sunflower seeds, while the White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) seldom comes into the hands, though Sometimes.
Description: Male: Cap and line through eyes blacks; Eyebrows and throat whites; Grey-blue top; Red underside; Slender beak a little turned up, but rather straight. Female: Similar to male, but the cap is more grey.
Size: 11-11.5 cm | 4 "in.
Wingspan: 20 cm (F. J. Alsop) | 8 "in.
Weight: 8-12.7 g (HBW Alive) | 0.28-0.45 oz
Longevity: 7 years (Oiseaux.net)
Eggs: 4 to 7 whites marked with reddish brown; 1.2 x 1.5 cm. (F. J. Alsop)
Brooding: 12 days (F. J. Alsop) | about two weeks.
Food: Insects and spiders (HBW Alive); Tourensol seeds, peanut butter and tallow. (F. J. Alsop)
Habitat: Forest.
Distribution: North America
IUCN Status: LC | Least Concern (IUCN)
Population: Increasing (IUCN)
Situation in North America: common
| Classification | Classification title (latin) | English |
| Kingdom | Animalia | Animals |
| Phylum | Chordata | Chordates |
| Class | Aves | Birds |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passerines |
| Family | Sittidae | Sittidae |
| Genus | Sitta | Nuthatch |
| Species | Sitta canadensis | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Red-breasted Nuthatch female -- Estrie, Quebec, Canada -- Marsh 6, 2012 -- DominicL
Red-breasted Nutatch female -- Ware Creek Campground (private property), Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- July 20, 2015 -- Mathieu L
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