Eurasian Nuthatch

How to identify

Field marks

1. Blue-gray upperparts with a black eyestripe
2. Long, stout, dark gray bill
3. Rounded wings and a short, square tail in flight
4. Orange-yellow or whitish underparts, depending on subspecies

Male, female and young

The female has slightly paler upperparts, a more rufous eyestripe, and paler sides and lower belly; juveniles resemble the female but have duller plumage and paler legs and feet.

Voice

A loud, sharp “dwip”, often repeated twice; the song is a slow whistled “pee-pee-pee”.

Similar species

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

The two look very similar in southwestern China; Chestnut-vented Nuthatch has darker upperparts, less white on the face and grayer underparts.

Where and when it's recorded

Eurasian Nuthatch has been recorded at 1,078 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 51 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. South Downs NP – Pulborough Brooks RSPB ReserveUnited Kingdom1,727 records
2. Herdade da Mitra – LabOrPortugal1,323 records
3. Lynford ArboretumUnited Kingdom1,279 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United KingdomCzechiaGermanySpainPortugalSwedenChinaFrance

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Eurasian nuthatch, wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea), or simply nuthatch, is a small passerine bird found throughout the Palearctic and in Eurasia. It is a vocal bird with a repeated loud dwip call.

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