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The Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Pine and fir forests across Canada and the northern US. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Red-breasted nuthatch lives

Pine and fir forests across Canada and the northern US.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs50%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Red-breasted nuthatch

Recorded by Don Profota (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1183802. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Red-breasted nuthatch

Where does the Red-breasted nuthatch live?

The Red-breasted nuthatch lives in United States and Canada. Pine and fir forests across Canada and the northern US.

What does the Red-breasted nuthatch eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Red-breasted nuthatch endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from North America

• Eastern wood pewee
• Great-tailed grackle
• Golden-crowned kinglet
• Blackburnian warbler
• Great crested flycatcher
• Black phoebe

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.