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Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 5 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 5

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
SummerWinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain; Ozark-Ouachita Riparian

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

WinterOzark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian
Other habitats in its models (40)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (16)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer and winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
Northeast (6)
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer and winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter.
Midwest (2)
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter.
Land cover and other classes (16)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer and winter.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 75 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 97

Plants 313

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Arkansas

Streams, rivers and their banks

Birds 69

Plants 199

All of streams, rivers and their banks in Arkansas

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 121

Plants 17

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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