Red-breasted Nuthatch
Photo: Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California · CC BY 2.0

Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

LCLeast Concern
Family
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Coniferous forest of North America.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.