Brown-headed Nuthatch

When to see the Brown-headed Nuthatch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-headed Nuthatch

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Brown-headed Nuthatch

The brown-headed nuthatch is a small songbird endemic to pine forests throughout the Southeastern United States. Genetic analyses indicated low differentiation between northern and southern populations in Florida, but the study also found lower genetic diversity among south Florida populations that may be a result of the increased habitat fragmentation that was documented. The Bahama nuthatch was formerly considered a subspecies (S. p. insularis), but has since been reclassified as its own separate species. Two recent studies assessing vocalizations in Bahama and continental nuthatch populations found important differences.

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Easily confused with

Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaeaThe pygmy nuthatch is 9–11 cm (3.5–4.3 in) long and with a wingspan of 19.7 cm (7.8 in), and weighs 9.3–11.4 g (0.33–0.40 oz). Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalisThe velvet-fronted nuthatch has the typical nuthatch shape, short tail and powerful bill and feet. Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventrisThe chestnut-bellied nuthatch is a species of bird belonging to the family Sittidae.