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Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 55 counties, across 8 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
8

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
8
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 8

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

1 of 8

Swamps

The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405
SummerWinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsWilliam McIlvaine, The Chickahominy Swamp (1862): wind-tossed swamp trees standing in dark water under a storm. Shown: Chickahominy Swamp, Virginia, a neighboring state.The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405, William McIlvaine (1813-1867), 1862. 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

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerWinterCentral and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterCentral Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Hemlock forests

Shady, evergreen forests of eastern or Carolina hemlock, often along rocky mountain streams and in gorges.

SummerWinterAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moderately dry forests

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

WinterNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Spruce-fir forests

Cool, evergreen forests of red spruce and Fraser fir on the highest mountains.

SummerWinter

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 (38)

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

Elsewhere in the South (18)
  • 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 Northern Hardwood Forest 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.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer and winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Northeast (2)
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood 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.
  • 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.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest 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 West Virginia

  • Year-round: nests here, in 28 of 55 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 42 of 55 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 745

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 203

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in West Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources