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Identification

Sphyrapicus nuchalis (red-naped sapsucker)

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Caption

A male Red-Naped Sapsucker pecking away at a Salt Cedar at the edge of Peck's Lake [Arizona]. He worked the tree for 20 minutes or so while I was recording Coots. Many years ago, he was known as Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, now this western bird has earned his own species designation.

Contributors

Douglas Von Gausig (recordist, copyright holder), Naturesongs.com

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 26, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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