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White-breasted Nuthatch -
(Sitta carolinensis)
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Grey back, white below
  • Beak angles slighly upward
  • Top of male's head black, female's grey
  • 5-6" (13-15 cm.)

Habitat

  • Deciduous forest, parks, residential areas

Additional Information

  • Common resident
  • Goes headfirst down tree trunks
  • Nests in tree cavities
  • Hoards food in caches
  • Common species on KVR

Comparable Species

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch

Profile of a white-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch heading upside-down on a branch 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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