What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Red-breasted Nuthatch been recorded?

Sitta canadensis occurrence evidence comes from 97,360 records in 3 countries and territories, from 1854 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch — Photo (display-sized rendition): Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesSittidaeSitta

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

97,360 records across 3 countries and territories, 1854–2026.

Sitta canadensis · GBIF taxon key 2484879

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18542026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Red-breasted Nuthatch has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Red-breasted Nuthatch. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 87,811
Canada 9,537
Mexico 9

Related animals

Others in the family Sittidae.

Eurasian Nuthatch
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1,015,303 records
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
217,243 records
Western Rock Nuthatch
Western Rock Nuthatch
116 records
White-tailed Nuthatch
White-tailed Nuthatch
47 records
Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Eastern Rock Nuthatch
14 records
Algerian Nuthatch
Algerian Nuthatch
1 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.