Red-naped Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus nuchalis

The red-naped sapsucker is a medium-sized North American woodpecker. Long thought to be a subspecies of the yellow-bellied sapsucker, it is now known to be a distinct species. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 104 times across 8 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 13°C (typically 10 to 18°C, from 5 areas).

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.