Species profile
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA, MA. Breeding subregions are sw Canada to w Mexico.
- Scientific name
- Sitta pygmaea
- Family
- Sittidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sitta
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Pygmy Nuthatch in your journal
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