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White-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis

White-breasted nuthatch
White-breasted nuthatch
White-breasted nuthatch
White-breasted nuthatch

Size: 6 inches
Overall Color: black and white and gray and reddish
Occurrence: deciduous and coniferous woods
Diet: seeds, acorns, insects
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: tiny, dark crown and nape, white face, gray back
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: carolinensis

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