600px Atlas logo
Home > BirdFacts > nuthatches > Nuthatch

For details point at or click the button; for sources point at the button
Nuthatch Sitta europaea   [Linnaeus, 1758]
Other Names Trends & Distribution Breeding & Survival Biometrics Books & Links
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sittidae
BTO Codes: NH , NUTHA EURING No: 14790
Number in Britain: 144 thousand territories (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK: GREEN
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
View video clips from IBC

Status in UK: (A)  Resident Breeder
Subspecies: caesia recorded in Britain (of 16 subsp. in the world)
.
Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 24 cm Weight: M/F: 24 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: sitte=a nuthatch and after Europe
World Distribution: Europe, Asia
Habitat: Forest, woodland, towns
Diet: Invertebrates, winter, also seeds, feeds on trunk and branches but also on ground
line
Population and Distribution
Population Trend: Wider Countryside Report
Regional Trends: Wales   England   English Regions
Distribution: Atlas Maps    (Help with the New Atlas)    BBS Maps
British Population Size:
    Summer: 144 thousand territories in 2000
    First Record: 15th Century [Fossil evidence from Middle Pleistocene, c. 500,000 yr ago]
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
    Most frequent in: Deciduous Wood
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
    Summer: 6.5 to 14 million pairs
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: Bern(III)
Survey Results: BirdTrack
Garden BirdWatch
line
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size: 20 x 15 mm Egg Weight: 2.3 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records: 137   (more would be welcome!)
Clutch Size: 6 - 8 eggs 6.66 ± 1.30 (2 - 10) N = 823
Incubation: 16 - 17 days 15.85 ± 1.54 (13 - 19) N = 823 by the: Female
Fledging: 24 - 25 days 24.07 ± 1.13 (22 - 26) N = 1811 as: Altricial, downy
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid: 23 Apr (10 Apr - 6 May)
Number of Broods: 1(2)
Trends in Breeding Productivity

Number Ringed: 1442
Adult Survival: 0.53 Juvenile Survival: No data
Age at First Breeding: 1 year Typical Lifespan: 3 years
Maximum Recorded Age: 11yr9m
line
Biometrics
Ring Size: B
Wing Length Adult: 84.1 ± 2.2 Range 81 - 88 mm, N =1283
Juvenile: 84.2 ± 2.0 81 - 88 mm, N =352
Male: 85.2 ± 1.9 82 - 88 mm, N =617
Female: 82.9 ± 1.8 80 - 86 mm, N =628
Weight Adult: 22.11 ± 1.33 Range 20.00 - 24.40 g , N =1027
Juvenile: 21.64 ± 1.41 19.10 - 23.80 g , N =310
Male: 22.48 ± 1.25 20.50 - 24.60 g , N =505
Female: 21.74 ± 1.33 . 19.80 - 24.00 g , N =487
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
line
Other Names
Wood / Eurasian Nuthatch
Gaelic: Sgoltan Welsh: Delor y Cnau
Danish: Spętmejse Dutch: Boomklever
Finnish: Pähkinänakkeli French: Sittelle torchepot
German: Kleiber Hungarian: Csuszka
Icelandic: Hnotigša Irish:
Italian: Picchio muratore Norwegian: Spettmeis
Polish: Kowalik zwyczajny Portuguese: Trepadeira-azul
Spanish: Trepador comśn Swedish: Nötväcka
line
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
Wikipedia entry
State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
Selected scientific papers published 1980-2005
Find more papers on Google Scholar
Find more papers on Scirus

BTO blue divider
BirdWeb logo, click to go to BirdWeb BirdFacts home | BTO Home
Email: birdfacts@bto.org

These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

© British Trust for Ornithology,
The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK.
Terms and Conditions
| Privacy Statement
Registered Charity Number 216652.


Pages maintained by Iain Downie & Rob Robinson