• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Difference between revisions of "Red-naped Sapsucker" - BirdForum Opus

Line 1: Line 1:
;Sphyrapicus nuchalis
+
;[[:Category:Sphyrapicus|Sphyrapicus]] nuchalis
 
[[Image:Red-naped_Sapsucker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo: AnneE <br>Location: Calgary, Canada]]
 
[[Image:Red-naped_Sapsucker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo: AnneE <br>Location: Calgary, Canada]]
  
Line 20: Line 20:
 
{{GSearch|Sphyrapicus+nuchalis}}  
 
{{GSearch|Sphyrapicus+nuchalis}}  
  
[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]]
+
[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Sphyrapicus]]

Revision as of 14:15, 14 July 2008

Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Photo: AnneE
Location: Calgary, Canada

Identification

Black and white head, red forecrown, red chin and throat, female has a white throat, yellow belly, narrow red band on the nape.

Distribution

U.S. and Mexico.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Deciduous or mixed forests.

Behaviour

It drills holes in trees and eat the sap as well as insects attracted to it. The diet includes insects icaught in flight, seeds and berries.

They nest in a tree cavity.

External Links

Back
Top