Tag: Red-breasted Nuthatch

Parental investment strategies in two species of nuthatch varywith stage-specific predation risk and reproductive effort

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Science Article 1 abstract Life-history theory predicts that differences in reproductive effort and residual reproductive value amongspecies should result in differences in the level of risk that parents are willing to tolerate to themselvesversus their offspring. CAMERON K. GHALAMBOR & THOMAS E. MARTIN, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2000, 60, 263-267 Download article download […]

FIRST MAINLAND RECORD OF THE RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Science Article 2 abstract On 15 September 1990 we collected a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) at Rancho Casa Verde. western slope of the Sierra Jubrez, east of Ensenada GORGONIO RUIZ-CAMPOS and LORENZO QUINTANA-BARRIOS, Western Birds 22:189-190, 1991 Download article download full text (pdf)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Sittidae | [latin] Sitta canadensis | [UK] Red-breasted Nuthatch | [FR] Sittelle a poitrine rousse | [DE] Kanadakleiber | [ES] Trepador Canadiense | [NL] Canadese Boomklever Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Red-breasted nuthatches are small nuthatches with compact bodies, short tails and necks, and a long tapered bill. They have very […]