Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, temperate forest. From 850 - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Canada (B), Mexico, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 300,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) [XC348771]
by Pritam Baruah from La Corona Arriba, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico (alarm call)

Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) [XC104782]
by Andrew Spencer from Carnero Pass, Saguache Co., Colorado, United States (drumming)

Subspecies
Has hybridized rarely with Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

thyroideus (Cassin, 1851) - Southern British Columbia south through Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada to northern Baja California (San Pedro M�rtir Mts).
nataliae (Malherbe, 1854) - South-eastern British Columbia south through Rockies to Arizona and New Mexico. Winters in south of range and south to south-central Mexico.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Williamsons Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) - 10 files

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