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Pygmy Nuthatch

Sitta pygmaea

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Small nuthatch, blue-gray upperparts and pale yellow breast. Head has a dark gray-brown cap, pale spot on nape, and thick black eye-line; throat is white. Legs and feet are gray. Weak fluttering flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings drawn to sides, usually of short duration.

Habitat:

Ponderosa Pine in forest around Angel Fire, NM.

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