Species: Sphyrapicus ruber
Red-breasted Sapsucker
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Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
See Devillers (1970) and Dunn (1978) for detailed information on identification.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Sphyrapicus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Chupasavia Cabeza Roja - Pic à poitrine rouge
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Piciformes - Picidae - Sphyrapicus - based both on allozymes (Johnson and Zink 1983) and mtDNA sequences (Cicero and Johnson 1995), the latter authors cited the mating preference study as sufficient reason to regard the two taxa as distinct biologic species.
Ecology and Life History
See Devillers (1970) and Dunn (1978) for detailed information on identification.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Migration
true - true - true - Northern breeding populations migrate south for winter.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Drills holes in trees and laps up sap and insects that fill these "wells". Foraging activities often concentrate on selected trees.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size usually is 5-6, sometimes 4-7. Incubation, by both sexes, probably lasts about 12-14 days.
Length
22
Weight
49
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDS: southeastern Alaska, western and central British Columbia, south to northwestern and east-central California and extreme western Nevada; locally in mountains of southern California and southern Nevada, possibly in western Arizona. WINTERS: southwestern British Columbia south through most of California to northern Baja California (AOU 1983).