Sitta carolinensis


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Noun1.Sitta carolinensis - bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breastSitta carolinensis - bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
white-breasted nuthatch
nuthatch, nutcracker - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
genus Sitta, Sitta - type genus of the Sittidae
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In descending order, these were dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), western bluebird (Sialia mexicana), white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli), ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula), Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus), and brown creeper (Certhia americana).
Effects of prescribed fire on winter assemblages of birds in ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona
Conversely, cavity-nesting White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) were more abundant in the burned site.
Breeding bird communities in burned and unburned sites in a mature Indiana oak forest
The Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli) is absent, Pygmy Nuthatches (Sitta pygmaea) are less abundant, and White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) are more abundant than in Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine forests (Tallman el al., 2002).
Reuse of Woodpecker cavities in the breeding and non-breeding seasons in old burn habitats in the Black Hills, South Dakota

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