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Red breasted nuthatch
Sitta canadensis

Red breasted nuthatch
Red breasted nuthatch
Red breasted nuthatch
Red breasted nuthatch
Red breasted nuthatch

Size: 4.5 inches
Overall Color: white and black and cinnamon and gray
Occurrence: coniferous woods
Diet: seeds, nuts, invertebrates
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: tiny, gray/black cap on head, white eyebrow, rusty underneath, gray wings, hyper
Season: year-round


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: passeriformes
Family: 58 Sittidae (nuthatches)
Genus: Sitta
Species: canadensis

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