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Pygmy Nuthatch

Sitta pygmaea ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: SITTIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A small, social, and noisy nuthatch of western forests.

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Calls

  • calls
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Calls are shrill piping notes, "pip-pip--pip-pip-pip." Also high chipping and squeaky notes.

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