The presence of this nuthatch is typically announced by its ... and undertail coverts. Adult female: similar to male, but black on head is paler, more lead-colored, often contrasting with blacker ...

Does not undertake large-scale irruptions (unlike the red-breasted nuthatch), but white-breasteds in the Rockies regularly move onto the Great Plains, and some northern birds disperse. Found in ...

and the female lays six to seven eggs in April. The young birds fledge at the beginning of June and usually stay close to their parents. Although the nuthatch often climbs hidden between branches ...