Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

Code 4

RBNU

Code 6

SITCAN

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: Black
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 11 cm (4.5 in)
Weight: 11 g (0.4 oz)
Size: 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
Color Primary: Gray, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: Pale rust-brown
Upperparts: Blue-gray
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering flights of short duration, with rapid wingstrokes followed by brief folding of wings to sides.
Wingspan Range: 20 cm (8 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid with gray and white edging.
Upper Tail: Blue-gray
Under Tail: Pale rust-brown
Leg Color: Black

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