Red-naped Sapsucker Images, Facts and Information:
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Red-naped Sapsuckers are medium sized woodpeckers with black and white plumage, a white stripe on the wings, red crowns, throats and a red spot on the nape. The females usually have a bit of white right under their bills.
- Red-naped Sapsuckers are primarily western birds found in habitats that include mixed deciduous forests which include willows and aspens, they also breed in montane forests.
- Red-naped Sapsuckers drink sap and eat insects and fruits.
- They are migratory although some populations are year round residents in their range.
- Red-naped Sapsuckers are primary cavity nesters. They lay 3 to 7 eggs which hatch in 12 to 13 days. Both sexes incubate and are monogamous.
- A group of sapsuckers is called a “slurp” of sapsuckers.
- Red-naped Sapsuckers can live to be 4 years old or older.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Red-naped Sapsucker photos.
Male Red-naped Sapsucker extreme close up
Title: Male Red-naped Sapsucker extreme close up
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/7/2018
Red-naped Sapsucker male close up
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker male close up
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/7/2018
Perched male Red-naped Sapsucker in Idaho
Title: Perched male Red-naped Sapsucker in Idaho
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/13/2017
Red-naped Sapsucker chick begging from the nest
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker chick begging from the nest
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/13/2017
Adult Red-naped Sapsucker with prey on the nest tree
Title: Adult Red-naped Sapsucker with prey on the nest tree
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/13/2017
Male Red-naped Sapsucker on a branch
Title: Male Red-naped Sapsucker on a branch
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/12/2017
Adult male Red-naped Sapsucker in a defensive pose
Title: Adult male Red-naped Sapsucker in a defensive pose
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/12/2017
Red-naped Sapsucker chick begging for food
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker chick begging for food
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/12/2017
Adult Red-naped Sapsucker feeding its chick
Title: Adult Red-naped Sapsucker feeding its chick
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/12/2017
Adult Red-naped Sapsucker leaving the nesting cavity
Title: Adult Red-naped Sapsucker leaving the nesting cavity
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/12/2017
Red-naped Sapsucker flying away from its nesting cavity
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker flying away from its nesting cavity
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/11/2017
Red-naped Sapsucker nesting cavity tree
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker nesting cavity tree
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/10/2017
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Red-naped Sapsucker landing at the nesting cavity with prey
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker landing at the nesting cavity with prey
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/10/2017 […]
Red-naped Sapsucker with prey at its nesting cavity
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker with prey at its nesting cavity
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/10/2017
Female Red-naped Sapsucker close up
Title: Female Red-naped Sapsucker close up
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/16/2017
Red-naped Sapsucker in the Uintas
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker in the Uintas
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2016
Red-naped Sapsucker male clinging to an aspen
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker male clinging to an aspen
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2016
Red-naped Sapsucker tongue
Title: Red-naped Sapsucker tongue
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2016
Female and male Red-naped Sapsucker at nest
Title: Female and male Red-naped Sapsucker at nest
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/28/2016
Male Red-naped Sapsucker with prey for chicks
Title: Male Red-naped Sapsucker with prey for chicks
Location: Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/28/2016