Photo of Animalia: Pygmy Nuthatch (species: Sitta pygmaea)

Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)

© Len Blumin

The bird here has a lot of black near the eye and on the auriculars, suggesting it might be the subspecies Sitta pymaea melanotis.

Photo taken on 25 Sep 2013

Photograph location coordinates are 37.9065:-122.554054.