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Nuthatches

Order: Passeriformes Family: Sittidae  links: Nuthatches

Nuthatches are small woodland birds with the unusual ability to climb down trees head-first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. There are about 24 species worldwide, 2 in Britain.

Bird

Latin

Links

Notes

Nuthatch (Eurasian)
 Wood Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Nuthatch (Eurasian)

RSPB

BBC

 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Red-breasted Nuthatch

very rare vagrant

 

 

 
By: Keith Park Section: Wildlife Key:
Page Ref: nuthatches Topic: Birds  Last Updated: 03/2010
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