Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Red-breasted Nuthatch is one of the two Nuthatch species seen around Montreal. Energetic, acrobatic small bird feeding on conifer seeds in winter and insects in summer.
- 🇫🇷 Sittelle à poitrine rousse
- 🇩🇪 Kanadakleiber
- 🇲🇽 Trepador canadiense
Characteristics
- Length: 13-15cm
- Weight: 10-14g
- Wingspan: 20cm
How to Identify
Two characteristics allow to distinguish this species from them more common White-breasted Nuthatch. First, the Red-breasted Nuthatch belly's is reddish and secondly, the bird has a black stripe from the beak over the eye to the neck. It is an acrobatic bird able to walk head down on tree trunks and on the bottom of branches.
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Where and When to Spot
In Montreal The Red-breasted Nuthatch is rarer than the White-breasted Nuthatch. The only sighting in Montreal occured in winter in Montreal Botanical Garden.