红胸䴓（学名：Sitta canadensis）是一种小型鸣禽。成鸟背部为蓝灰色，腹部为肉桂色，喉部白色，脸部有一个黑色条纹穿过眼睛，喙为灰色，冠为黑色。它的叫声很象小号，高亢还有鼻音。它生活在加拿大，阿拉斯加和美国东北部和西部的针叶林。这种鸟通常居住在固定的地方，如果食物短缺，则定期飞往南方。在墨西哥湾沿岸地区和墨西哥北部发现它们觅食的踪迹。它们在树木的主干或者大枝上寻找食物，有时在飞行中捕食昆虫。它们主要以昆虫和种子为食，尤其是针叶树的种子。它们在枯木上筑巢，通常贴近地面。

The red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) is a small songbird. The adult has blue-grey upperparts with cinnamon underparts, a white throat and face with a black stripe through the eyes, a straight grey bill and a black crown. Its call, which has been likened to a tin trumpet, is high-pitched and nasal. It breeds in coniferous forests across Canada, Alaska and the northeastern and western United States. Though often a permanent resident, it regularly irrupts further south if its food supply fails. There are records of vagrants occurring as far south as the Gulf Coast and northern Mexico. It forages on the trunks and large branches of trees, often descending head first, sometimes catching insects in flight. It eats mainly insects and seeds, especially from conifers. It excavates its nest in dead wood, often close to the ground, smearing the entrance with pitch.