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).
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus) [XC663246]
by Richard E. Webster from Portal, Arizona, United States (call)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) [XC774524]
by Jarrod Swackhamer from Silver Creek, Cave Creek Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call)