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Pygmy Nuthatch

Sitta pygmaea

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

The Pygmy Nuthatch is a small bird with a slate-gray back and buffy underside. Males and females look the same, with white chins extending up just below the eyes and gray-brown caps. The edge of the cap is darker than the rest, giving the Pygmy Nuthatch a dark eye-line. Its bill is long and solid, and it has long toes and talons. The white on each side of its short tail can be seen in flight.

Habitat:

Pine forest at Angel Fire, New Mexico.

Notes:

This nuthatch was part if a mixed group of small birds moving through the pine trees.

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Pygmy Nuthatch

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