Birdhouses for All Birds
A basic wooden birdhouse offers the essentials of just about any type of nesting bird from bluebirds to owls.
| Size of Birdhouse | Floor Dimensions | Depth | Distance Between Roof and Entrance Hole | Mounting Height | Entrance Hole Size |
| Small | 4″ x 4″ | 6″ to 8″ | 2″ | 6′ to 15′ | For chickadees – 1 1/8″; for Downy woodpeckers, titmice, nuthatches, house wrens, Be wick’s wrens – 1 1/4″; for Carolina wrens – 1 1/2″ |
| Medium | 5″ x 5″ | 6″ to 8″ | 2″ | 5′ to 10′ | For bluebirds, tree swallows, violet-green swallows, prothonotary warblers – 1 1/2″ |
| Large | 6″ x 6″ | 10″ to 12″ | 2″ | 10′ to 20′ | For hairy Woodpeckers – 1 1/2″; for great crested flycatchers, red-bellied woodpeckers, red-headed woodpeckers, golden-fronted woodpeckers – 2″; for flickers, saw-whet owls – 2 1/2″ |
| Extra-large | 8″ x 8″ | 12″ to 15″ | 3″ | 10′ to 30′ | For American kestrels, screech owls -3″ |
| Jumbo | 10″x 18″ | 18″ | 4″ | 10′ to 20′ | For wood ducks – 4″; for barn owls -6″ |
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