Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Baird, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, temperate forest. From sea-level - 2,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, USA (B).

Rocky Mountains from south-eastern British Columbia and south-western and south-eastern Alberta east to western South Dakota, and south, discontinuously, to south-eastern California, eastern Arizona and north-eastern and southern New Mexico. Winters from southern California, Arizona and western Texas south to south-central Mexico.

Population
Estimated population is 2,200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus) [XC342485]
by Sue Riffe from Mary Anne Creek Road, Okanogan County, Washington, United States (begging call)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus) [XC256084]
by from Columbine Campground vicinity, Nye County, Nevada, United States (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) and Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) and sometimes treated as conspecific with Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), and in past also with Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber). Hybridizes occasionally with Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) in south-western Canada (Alberta), more frequently with Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) in various areas. Has interbred rarely with Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) - 10 files

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