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Mass Audubon State of the Birds

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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis

Backyard bird feeding and a preponderance of White Pine trees have proven to be boons to the Red-breasted Nuthatch in Massachusetts. It is currently a widespread breeder in the state, with numbers regularly inflated by periodic irruptions from the north.
Conservation Status
No Action: Likely Increase

Tracking This Bird In Massachusetts

Climate Vulnerability Score

Highly Vulnerable
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (current)
0.54
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (2050)
0.10
Mass Audubon Absolute change in likelihood of occurrence
-0.44
U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Bird Atlas (Hadly Hi emissions scenario)a
-9.40
National Audubon Societyb
Climate Threatened
a USFS model data for Massachusetts by 2100
b National Audubon Society's Climate Change Atlas was completed on a continental scale.

Breeding Bird Atlas

Atlas I Blocks
305
Atlas II Blocks
505
Percent of state occupied - Atlas I
31
Percent of state occupied - Atlas II
48
Percent change
145

Breeding Bird Survey

Annual trend 1966-2010
1.6%
P-value
not significant
Number of routes
23
Recent trend 2000-2010
2.6%

Christmas Bird Count

Trend (1963-2008)
0
Significantly different than zero
no
Trend (1963-1979)
0
Significantly different than zero
no
Trend (1979-2008)
0
Significantly different than zero
no

Habitat Usage

Breeding

Forest

Wintering

Forest

Climate Suitability Current and 2050