Quick Nest Box Dimensions
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This table provides dimensions and measurements for species specific nest boxes, along with links to species accounts.
| Species | Bottom | Side |
Front | Back | Top |
| American Kestrel | 11.75" x 10" |
10" x 14' |
11.75" x 14" |
11.75" x 14" |
11.75" x 10.5" |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | 9" x 6" |
10" x 5" |
6.5" x 9.75" |
14" x 6.5" |
9" x 8" |
| Barn Owl | 27.75" x 36" |
15.75" x 12.5" |
15.75" x 36" |
15.75" x 36" |
12.5" x 36" |
| Barred Owl | 13" x 11.5" |
13" x 23" |
13" x 23" |
13" x 23" |
17" x 16" |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 4" x 5.5" |
8" x 5.5" |
8" x 5.5" |
11" x 5.5" |
8.25" x 5.5" |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Carolina Chickadee | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Carolina Wren | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Common Goldeneye | 9.75" x 11.25" |
24" x 11.25" |
24" x 11.25" |
32" x 11.25" | 16" x 11.25" |
| Common Merganser | 9.75" x 11.25" | 24" x 11.25" | 24" x 11.25" | 32" x 11.25" | 16" x 11.25" |
| Eastern Bluebird | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Eastern Screech Owl | 11.75" x 10" | 10" x 14' | 11.75" x 14" | 11.75" x 14" | 11.75" x 10.5" |
| European Starling | 4.25" x 7.25" | 24" x 7.25" | 24" x 7.25" | 32" x 7.25" | 10.75" x 7.25" |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 9" x 6" |
10" x 5" | 6.5" x 9.75" |
14" x 6.5" | 9" x 8" |
| Hooded Merganser | 9.75" x 11.25" | 24" x 11.25" | 24" x 11.25" | 32" x 11.25" | 16" x 11.25" |
| House Sparrow | 5" x 5" |
5" x 11.25" | 6.5" x 10.5" | 6.5" x 14" | 9" x 9" |
| House Wren | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Mountain Bluebird | 5" x 5" | 5" x 11.25" | 6.5" x 10.5" | 6.5" x 14" | 9" x 9" |
| Mountain Chickadee | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Northern Flicker | 4.25" x 7.25" | 24" x 7.25" | 24" x 7.25" | 32" x 7.25" | 10.75" x 7.25" |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Purple Martin | N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Tree Swallow | 9" x 6" |
10" x 5" | 6.5" x 9.75" | 14" x 6.5" | 9" x 8" |
| Tufted Titmouse | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Violet-green Swallow | 9" x 6" | 10" x 5" | 6.5" x 9.75" | 14" x 6.5" | 9" x 8" |
| Western Bluebird | 5" x 5" |
5" x 11.25" | 6.5" x 10.5" | 6.5" x 14" | 9" x 9" |
| Western Screech Owl | 11.75" x 10" | 10" x 14' | 11.75" x 14" | 11.75" x 14" | 11.75" x 10.5" |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 4" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 8" x 5.5" | 11" x 5.5" | 8.25" x 5.5" |
| Wood Duck | 9.75" x 11.25" | 24" x 11.25" | 24" x 11.25" | 32" x 11.25" | 16" x 11.25" |