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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis · Family Sittidae
Sitta canadensis
Family Sittidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sittidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 5,803,188
- Countries and territories with records
- 12
About this species
This species has 5,803,188 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (68.4%) and Canada (31.5%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.36% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sitta canadensis combines the genus name Sitta with the species epithet canadensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 29 species of the genus Sitta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sitta carolinensis, Sitta europaea and Sitta pusilla.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 29 species of the family Sittidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sitta carolinensis. Its record count is 6.5 times the family average (896,290). The family Sittidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.