
Sphyrapicus ruber
Class
AvesOrder
PiciformesFamily
picidaeGenus
sphyrapicusNamed accurately, the Red-breasted Sapsucker is a medium-size woodpecker with a red head and red breast. Living in mainly lower elevation coniferous forests, you can find these birds foraging in bark for sap, fruit, and arthropods. The Rufous Hummingbird is heavily associated with the Red-breasted Sapsucker as the hummingbirds have been noted to follow the sapsuckers and feed from the holes that the sapsuckers made.