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Definition of Red-breasted nuthatch
1. Noun. Bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests.
Generic synonyms: Nutcracker, Nuthatch
Group relationships: Genus Sitta, Sitta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-breasted Nuthatch
Literary usage of Red-breasted nuthatch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"The red-breasted nuthatch in Kentucky in Summer. —On July 16, while 'taking my
ease' in a hammock, I saw a small bird skipping about the uppermost branches ..."
2. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"red-breasted nuthatch. —Sitta canadensis. FAMILY : The Nuthatches and Tits.
Length: 4.12-4.75. ... THE red-breasted nuthatch is the same familiar slate- ..."
3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"THE red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis). By WMH MOORE, Scotch Lake, NB Were
our birds classified as are plants, according to their abilities to ..."
4. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"red-breasted nuthatch: Sitta canadensis. (Fig. 33, p. 77.) Male, top of head and
line through the eye black ; line over eye white ; upper parts bluish gray ..."
5. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"The red-breasted nuthatch breeds sparingly in the higher mountainous and northern
parts ... Food of the red-breasted nuthatch is similar to that of the last ..."
6. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"Red-Breasted Nuthatch: Sit fa canadensis. FAMILY—NUTHATCHES. THE Red-breasted
Nuthatch is found both east and west, breeding from above the United States ..."
7. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"They never suck the sap from trees, as is sometimes supposed, but are wholly
beneficial to vegetation. red-breasted nuthatch: Sitta ..."
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