Red-breasted Nuthatch
Introduction
An extremely rare visitor from North America, it resembles the European Nuthatch but with a stripey face.
Red-breasted Nuthatch was added to the British List on the basis of a long-staying individual that was present at Holkham, Norfolk from October 1989 until May 1990.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
European Distribution Map
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Sittidae
- Scientific name: Sitta canadensis
- Authority: Linnaeus, 1766
- Euring code number: 14720
Alternate species names
- Catalan: pica-soques del Canadà
- Czech: brhlík americký
- Danish: Amerikansk Spætmejse
- Dutch: Canadese Boomklever
- Estonian: valgekulm-puukoristaja
- Finnish: valkokulmanakkeli
- French: Sittelle à poitrine rousse
- German: Rotbrustkleiber
- Hungarian: kanadai csuszka
- Icelandic: Bandigða
- Italian: Picchio muratore pettofulvo
- Latvian: Kanadas dzilnitis
- Lithuanian: kanadinis bukutis
- Norwegian: Rustspettmeis
- Polish: kowalik czarnoglowy
- Portuguese: trepadeira-azul-do-canadá
- Slovak: brhlík ciernohlavý
- Slovenian: kanadski brglez
- Spanish: Trepador canadiense
- Swedish: rödbröstad nötväcka
