Bird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in 13 of 67 counties, across 7 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 13 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 13 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Year-round
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Florida 7
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.


Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
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.
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.
Other habitats in its models (102)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
- Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Year-round.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Year-round.
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Year-round.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Year-round.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
- Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
- Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round.
- Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round.
- Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- Appalachian Shale Barrens Year-round.
- Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Year-round.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Year-round.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Year-round.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Year-round.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
- Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round.
- Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Year-round.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round.
- Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Year-round.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
- Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round.
- Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Year-round.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Year-round.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Year-round.
- Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Year-round.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round.
- Cumberland Riverscour Year-round.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
- Red River Large Floodplain Forest Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Year-round.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Year-round.
- Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Year-round.
- Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Year-round.
- The GAP model includes dense pine only near its primary habitat.
Seasons in Florida
- Year-round: nests here, in 13 of 67 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 421
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Plagiochila floridanaPlagiochila floridana
- Southern Red OakQuercus falcata
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Coastal BeaksedgeRhynchospora pleiantha
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Scrub PalmettoSabal etonia
- Threadleaf ArrowheadSagittaria filiformis
- SpringtapeSagittaria kurziana
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Canadian Black-snakerootSanicula canadensis
- Whitetop PitcherplantSarracenia leucophylla
- Bay StarvineSchisandra glabra
- Florida SkullcapScutellaria floridana
- Silene polypetalaSilene catesbaei
- Gentian PinkrootSpigelia gentianoides
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Mock PennyroyalStachydeoma graveolens
- American SnowbellStyrax americanus
Wildlife 234
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP year-round habitat model for White-breasted Nuthatch Elevation -47 to 1,524 m
- 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)






































