What's the difference between nuthatch and nutpecker?
Nuthatch
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three families of North American passerines--chickadees, nuthatches and jays--store food.
(2) Earlier this year, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust published research that claimed that greys are having a "significant effect on certain woodland birds' fledging success", particularly species such as the great tit, nuthatch, chaffinch and blackbird.
(3) Enterobacteriaceae represent only a fraction of the total isolates, but are demonstrated relatively frequently in the nests of the Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) and nests of other non-identified bird spp., so that colonization of the intestinal tract with Enterobacteriaceae cannot be excluded.