---
title: "Kowalik mały"
description: "Sitta pygmaea — Ptaki. The pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a tiny songbird, native to western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pygmy-nuthatch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kowalik mały

> Sitta pygmaea — Ptaki. The pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a tiny songbird, native to western North America.

- Scientific name: *Sitta pygmaea*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 12739
- Wikidata: [Q244199](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244199)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14816](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14816)

## Names

- en: Pygmy Nuthatch
- de: Zwergkleiber
- es: Bajapalos Enano
- fr: Sittelle pygmée
- pl: Kowalik mały

## Countries with the most observations

US (10539), CA (855), MX (435)

## Summary

The pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a tiny songbird, native to western North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_nuthatch

## Photo

![Kowalik mały](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pygmy-nuthatch/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/379372704

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pygmy-nuthatch?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).