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Red-breasted Nuthatch Range Map

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Range Map for Red-breasted Nuthatch

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Migration

Resident, short-distance migrant, or irruptive species. Northernmost populations migrate south each year, but other populations may not migrate at all. Red-breasted Nuthatches can be irruptive, moving southward in great numbers in years when cone production is poor on their breeding grounds. This happens on a roughly 2-year cycle, and in some years Red-breasted Nuthatches show up as far south as the Gulf Coast.

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Nuthatches(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Sittidae)

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