- nuthatch, nutcracker - any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects
--1 is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
--1 is a member of Sittidae, family Sittidae
--1 has particulars:European nuthatch, Sitta europaea; red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis; white-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis