Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) - HBW 7, p. 453
French: Pic à poitrine rouge
German: Feuerkopf-Saftlecker
Spanish: Chupasavia Pechirrojo
Taxonomy: Picus ruber J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Cayenne; error = Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada.
Forms a superspecies with S. varius and S. nuchalis, and in the past sometimes treated as conspecific; hybridizes with both, but especially latter, wherever ranges overlap. Races intergrade, fully so in extreme S Oregon. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ruber (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - S Alaska S to W Oregon.
- daggetti Grinnell, 1901 - SW Oregon N & E California and W Nevada.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult feeding a begging nestling at nest cavity. Locality Springbrook Park, Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA (United States)
Adam Elzinga 19 June 2008 4 years ago 1 min 9 sec 5 -
knock tree Locality Haines, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp ruber)
Vicky Cheng 15 June 2012 28 weeks ago 50 sec 4.8 -
A bird bringing food to the nest, and leaving it. Locality Yuba Pass, Sierra County, California, USA (United States) (ssp daggetti)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2012 36 weeks ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A pair visiting the nest simultaneously, at real time. Locality Yuba Pass, Sierra County, California, USA (United States) (ssp daggetti)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2012 36 weeks ago 36 sec 4.3 -
An adult female, possibly a hybrid with Red-naped Sapsucker, feeding on sap from oozing from wells it drilled into a California Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp daggetti)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 5 years ago 41 sec 4.2 -
An adult entering and leaving the nest. Locality Yuba Pass, Sierra County, California, USA (United States) (ssp daggetti)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2012 36 weeks ago 17 sec 4.2
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A Daggetti subspecies.
Locality Malibu Creek State Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States) (ssp daggetti )
Alexander Viduetsky 13 November 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
A bird perched on a trunk, close to the nest.
Locality Yuba Pass, Sierra County, California, USA (United States) (ssp daggetti)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2012 36 weeks ago 3 -
A juvenile bird
Locality Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington State, USA (United States) (ssp ruber)
Photo-ay 14 August 2008 3 years ago 3
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