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title: "Red-naped Sapsucker"
description: "Sphyrapicus nuchalis — Aves. The red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is a medium-sized North American woodpecker."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-naped-sapsucker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-naped Sapsucker

> Sphyrapicus nuchalis — Aves. The red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is a medium-sized North American woodpecker.

- Scientific name: *Sphyrapicus nuchalis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 7228
- Wikidata: [Q1265058](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1265058)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18467](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18467)

## Names

- en: Red-naped Sapsucker
- de: Rotnackensaftlecker
- es: Carpintero Nuca Roja
- fr: Pic à nuque rouge
- nl: Roodneksapspecht
- pl: Oskomik pstrogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (5069), CA (933), MX (394)

## Summary

The red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-naped_sapsucker

## Photo

![Red-naped Sapsucker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-naped-sapsucker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101307507

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-naped-sapsucker?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).