Red-naped sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
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Length: 7.75? inches
Medium-sized woodpecker
Black head traversed by white postocular stripe extending down neck
Red forehead ...
Red-naped Sapsucker
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Red-naped Sapsucker
Relatives in same Genus
Red-breasted Sapsucker (S. ruber)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (S. varius) ...
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
The Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is the Rocky Mountain and Great Basin representative of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker complex.
Red-naped Sapsucker Behaviour
No observations regarding Red-naped Sapsucker behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Red-naped Sapsuckers ...
Similar to many woodpeckers, the red-naped sapsucker has the familiar black and white color scheme. It has a red crown and a patch of red on the back of its head. Adult males have red chins and throats. Fameles have white chins and reddish throats.
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) ...
Red-naped Sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
Williamson's Sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus thyroideusis)
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They were also observed licking sap and dried sugar from sap wells drilled by red-naped sapsuckers (S. nuchalis) in Colorado [8]. In Vermont red squirrels were observed biting holes in hardwood trees at periods associated with sap flow.
Regularly feeds at Red-naped Sapsucker wells. Often feeds on floral nectar in tropical wintering areas.
They also have an Eastern Screeh Owl, 2 Clay-colored Robins and three species of Oriole: Altamira, Hooded and Audubons. Santa Ana had a very cooperative Red-naped Sapsucker that worked the same tree most of the winter and the Lesser Nighthawk at ...
 See also: Sapsucker, Sucker, Yellow-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Woodpecker
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