Bird
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
A winter visitor to Florida, found in 32 of 67 counties and 3 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 32 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 3

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 32 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 3
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Florida 3
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Other habitats in its models (47)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
- Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Winter.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer and winter.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer and winter.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
- Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
- Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer and winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer and winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer and winter.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter.
- Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Winter.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
Seasons in Florida
- Winter: does not nest here, in 32 of 67 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 342
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Southern Swamp-lilyCrinum americanum
- Croomia; Elfin ShoesCroomia pauciflora
- Croton elliottiiCroton elliottii
- Canadian HonewortCryptotaenia canadensis
- Ctenium floridanumCtenium floridanum
- Tropical WaxweedCuphea aspera
- Lowland Bladder FernCystopteris protrusa
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Variable WitchgrassDichanthelium commutatum
- Branched FoldwingDicliptera brachiata
- Gulf Sebastian-bushDitrysinia fruticosa
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- American Strawberry-bushEuonymus americanus
- Telephus SpurgeEuphorbia telephioides
- Eurybia eryngiifoliaEurybia eryngiifolia
- Apalachicola AsterEurybia spinulosa
- Eustachys floridanaEustachys floridana
- Fissidens amoenusFissidens amoenus
- Fissidens leptophyllusFissidens leptophyllus
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
Wildlife 238
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Red-breasted Nuthatch
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)





































