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Identifying Pygmy Nuthatch and Brown-headed Nuthatch

Use these tips to tell the difference between Pygmy Nuthatch and its close relative Brown-headed Nuthatch.

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Pygmy Nuthatch, adult. January in Los Alamos County, New Mexico. Photo by Brian E. Small

Photo gallery: Five views of North America’s four species of nuthatch

Updated October 2, 2018

Nuthatches are compact, vocal birds with short tails, long bills, and square 12-feathered tails. Almost 30 species are known worldwide, four of which occur in North … Read More “Photo gallery: Five views of North America’s four species of nuthatch”

Study projects climate-related habitat losses for five western birds, gains for two

Updated October 2, 2018

Thanks to climate change, two western songbirds — Black-throated Sparrow and Gray Vireo — are projected to gain lots of breeding habitat by the end of … Read More “Study projects climate-related habitat losses for five western birds, gains for two”