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Pygmy Nuthatch ( Sitta pygmaea )

Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea photo

Pygmy Nuthatch, Deschutes National Forest, Near Fort Rock, Oregon

Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved.

Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea photo

Pygmy Nuthatch, Cabin Lake Viewing Blinds, Deschutes National Forest, Near Fort Rock, Oregon

Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved.

PYGMY NUTHATCH FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sittidae
Genus:	Sitta
Species:	pygmaea
Common Name:	Pygmy Nuthatch

Relatives in same Genus
Red-breasted Nuthatch (S. canadensis)
White-breasted Nuthatch (S. carolinensis)