page_title: List of birds of Iowa
section_title: Nuthatches
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Iowa / Nuthatches
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ein Carolinakleiber im Algonquin Provincial Park, Kanada. Dieses Bild steht nicht auf dem Kopf. English: White-breasted Nuthatch in Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada. This image is not upside-down. Français&#160;: Sittelle à poitrine blanche dans le parc provincial Algonquin, dans l'Ontario. Cette image est à l'endroit.
context_page_description: This list of birds of Iowa includes species documented in the U.S. state of Iowa and accepted by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. As of July 2020, there are 430 species included in the official list. Of them, 92 are classed as accidental, 25 are classed as casual, eight have been introduced to North America, three are extinct, and one has been extirpated.
  Only birds that are considered to have established, self-sustaining, wild populations in Iowa are included on this list. This means that birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free in Iowa, are not included.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following codes are used to designate some species:
  Accidental - "seen once to several times, but less than 4 of last 10 years" per the IOU
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sittidae
  Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet. Three species have been recorded in Iowa.
  Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis
  White-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis
  Pygmy nuthatch, Sitta pygmaea (A)
caption: White-breasted nuthatch
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