The Red-breasted Sapsucker is the most boldly colored sapsucker in North America, with an entirely red head and breast that is unmistakable. It drills parallel rows of sap wells in a wide variety of trees along the Pacific Coast and Cascades. Its sap wells are used by a host of other wildlife, including Rufous Hummingbirds that time their migration to follow sapsucker activity northward.
Habitat
Coniferous and mixed forests along the Pacific Coast
Diet
Tree sap, insects, and occasional berries
How common
Common
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