Definition of Sitta canadensis

1. Noun. Bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests.

Exact synonyms: Red-breasted Nuthatch
Generic synonyms: Nutcracker, Nuthatch
Group relationships: Genus Sitta, Sitta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitta Canadensis

Sisyphism
Sisyphus
Sisyphusean
Sisyridae
Sisyrinchium
Sita
Sitka
Sitka spruce
Sitka willow
Sitophylus
Sitophylus oryzae
Sitotroga
Sitotroga cerealella
Sitsang
Sitta
Sitta canadensis (current term)
Sitta carolinensis
Sitta europaea
Sittidae
Sitting Bull
Sitwell
Sitwellian
Sitzfleisch
Sium
Sium latifolium
Sium sisarum
Sium suave
Siva
Sivaism
Sivaist

Literary usage of Sitta canadensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Breeds in Transition Zone of the Cape Region of Lower California. Sitta canadensis LINNAEUS. Red-breasted Nuthatch. [728.] Sitta canadensis LINNAEUS, Syst. ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"Florida, and northward along the coast to South Carolina. 728. Sitta canadensis LINN. Red.breasted Nuthatch. Sitta canadensis LINN. SN ed. 12, I. 1766, 177. ..."

3. Annual Report by Smithsonian Institution (1865)
"More than one pair of Sitta canadensis are seldom found together, ... This bird is not so much afraid of the approach of a man as Sitta canadensis, ..."

4. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Sitta canadensis Linn. (728) Synonyms: Red-bellied Nuthatch, Canada Nuthatch, ... Sitta canadensis of most other authors. Plate LXVIII. ..."

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