Red-naped Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Tree Clinging

Length: 9 in. (22 cm )

Both in winter broad-leafed forests and in summer coniferous forests, this woodpecker makes rows of small holes in a tree trunk and then returns often to eat the oozing sap as well as insects attracted to the sap. The cavity nest is placed in a soft-wood tree such as a cottonwood or aspen near water. Fruits are used in late summer and fall as a supplemental food.

The four-digit banding code is RNSA.

Male | Robert Shantz

Fir forest

Mesquite bosque

Oak-pine woodland

Riparian / River forest

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Bird Sound Type: Buzzing
Sex of Bird: Male

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