Pygmy Nuthatch

Sitta pygmaea Vigors, 1839

Pygmy Nuthatch, Sitta pygmaea, is a bird of North America and Middle America, breeding from south-western Canada through western parts of the United States to western Mexico. It is a member of the nuthatch family and was described by Vigors in 1839. This species is closely tied to conifers, especially pines such as ponderosa pine, and also uses Douglas-fir and other coniferous trees. It is highly social, with birds gathering in flocks outside the breeding season and sometimes sharing roosts in tree cavities. Its plumage is broadly similar across ages and sexes, with a warm grey cap, blue-grey upperparts and whitish underparts.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Sittidae — Nuthatches

Breeding range

North America, Middle America: sw Canada to w Mexico