#1272 · 🐦 birds

White-breasted Nuthatch

🇳🇱 Witborstboomklever ·Sitta carolinensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mark McKnight · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bonnie Kinder · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © wplynn · CC BY-ND 4.0
4. © Susan Elliott · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY 4.0
6. © Matthew Smith · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Mud Lake, Britannia Conservation Area:© Mike Leveille · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pinson, AL, USA:© Susan Doss · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Fairfield, OH, USA:© Rusty · CC BY 4.0
10. Rutledge Acres, Gaffney, SC, USA:© John Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The white-breasted nuthatch ( Sitta carolinensis ) is a small songbird of the nuthatch family which breeds in old-growth woodland across much of temperate North America. It is a stocky bird, with a large head, short tail, powerful bill, and strong feet. The upperparts are pale blue-gray, and the face and underparts are white. It has a black cap and a chestnut lower belly. The nine subspecies differ mainly in the color of the body plumage.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 119,234iNaturalist observations
weight 21.1 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
119,234 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 21 g.
Scientifically named by John Latham in 1790 (236 years ago).