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Brown-headed Nuthatch

Sitta pusilla ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: SITTIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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One of the few birds found almost exclusively in the United States, the Brown-headed Nuthatch is restricted to the pine forests of the southeastern states. A small but declining population is also found in the Bahamas.

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Calls

  • song, scold
  • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Calls are high pitched and squeaky, like the squeaks of a rubber duck toy.

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