Mnemonic description of song
Rubber ducky (high pitched, 2-syllable squeaky sound)
kit-kit-kit …
ki-dit, ki-dit
What do we know about brown-headed nuthatch song?
- Unclear if rubber duck and other vocalizations are songs or calls (Slater et al. 2020)
How and when is song acquired?
- No information found.
How can we facilitate learning?
- No recommendation made since it is not clear if they sing and not known how their vocalization is acquired.
Resources:
Norris, R. A. (1958b). Comparative biosystematics and life history of the nuthatches Sitta pygmaea and Sitta pusilla. University of California Publications in Zoology 56:119-300.
Slater, G. L., J. D. Lloyd, J. H. Withgott, and K. G. Smith (2020). Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bnhnut.01