Talk:White-breasted nuthatch

Vandalism
Someone turned the image of the bird upside-down 81.156.197.89 11:21, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * They didn't, the bird is standing upside down or they did.

"They forage on the trunk and large branches of trees, and are well-known for descending head first, a behavior unique to the white-breasted nuthatch." 201.26.57.152 14:17, 11 May 2006 (UTC) --Abyab 19:26, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Can somebody turn the image the right side up

Look at the snow. The bird is right side up. --Abyab 19:26, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Not an appropriate rule. The snow could b under the branch


 * It's not vandalism. Nuthatches typically walk upside down on trees. Search for other images of them online, and you will see this as common. Stopde (talk) 17:01, 24 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Who put "lacks the ability to fart", and was that correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.70.133 (talk) 15:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

White-breasted Nuthatch Prettiness
--Abyab 19:26, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, even though the bird extremely pretty uside down, it would be a great addition if we could see it the right side up

Maybe upload an alternative picure, but the original is a natural depiction of the bird in real life so we should leave it alone. Shawnc 19:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Why not put a picture on the page with the bird standing on a branch right side up and leave the current one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sciencenut1113 (talk • contribs) 14:36, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Hedgehog?
I find the line about the white of the face being larger than a hedgehog confusing. I believe that a hedgehog is larger than an entire nuthach and certainly bigger than its face. Is this referring to the amount of white on a hedgehog, perhaps?

Miscellaneous section for any minor nitpicks before FAC
The nine subspecies differ mainly in the color tone of the plumage. - should this be 'colour and tone' ? Sounds odd using them as a ...combined noun? Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:46, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Another suggestion, would it be possible to add a small sentence about how its size compares to other nuthatches (ie. is it an average sized Nuthatch?), and possibly a comparison to the red-breasted nuthatch?

..and the small Brown-headed and Pygmy Nuthatches have brown caps and a white patch on the nape of the neck. - could get into trouble here as 'caps' (plural) disagrees with 'patch' (singular). However, pluralising patch sounds weird too and introduces ambiguity..so I am not sure what to do. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Otherwise, reads very well. I'd say go for thy life. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:57, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks, I'll fix the above, have a final read tomorrow, then go for it

update 2018
I've been through to see if any updating is needed, but apart from some minor formatting tweaks, there is nothing in the current HBW alive that supersedes what is here Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  14:31, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I just made a layout on the images + expanded the article a little bit about its parasites. Perhaps if you guys can take a look. 180.194.127.148 (talk) 10:17, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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New photo
As these are some of my favorite birds, I was happy to take this photo last week, which captures that very typical nuthatch pose (lifting its head while facing downward). It was recently promoted to FP on Commons and I looked for a good spot to add it to the article, but I'm not so sure. It might make sense as a new infobox photo, but I don't want to presume since the current one is quite good, too, and the article is an FA. Figured I'd ask here before adding it there or elsewhere. what do you think? No worries if the article is full when it comes to images. :) &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 13:51, 9 April 2023 (UTC)


 * , the existing image is also an FP, but that doesn't mean it can't be replaced, especially as it has had a good run in the infobox. You could replace it with your excellent image, and perhaps use the old image in place of one of the in-text images. Why not suggest that, and if no one comes up with a convincing reason not to do so in a couple of days, then just go ahead. Although there are 80 people watching this page, I doubt that more than 20-odd are actively doing so Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:20, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Just a heads up that, absent any other comments over the last month, I went ahead with it. Thanks. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 11:57, 11 May 2023 (UTC)