When not breeding, the red-breasted can be seen in small flocks with other nuthatches, chickadees, kinglets, and brown creepers. Monotypic. Length 4.5". Small, with a prominent supercilium that ...

The most widespread, numerous, and geographically variable chickadee, this bird brightens ... its noisy little parties usually contain titmice, nuthatches, woodpeckers, and other species.