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Red-breasted Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus ruber )

Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber photo

Red-Breasted Sapsucker, Minnekhada Regional Park, Coquitlam, British Columbia

Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

BIRD FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Sphyrapicus
Species:	ruber
Common Name:	Red-breasted Sapsucker

Relatives in same Genus
Red-naped Sapsucker (S. nuchalis)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (S. varius)