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Red-breasted Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus ruber

The Red-breasted Sapsucker is a colorful woodpecker with a bright red chest. It loves to drill holes in trees to drink the sweet sap and catch bugs. These birds are fun to watch as they hop around the trunks of trees!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Red-breasted Sapsucker has a distinctive vibrant red head and breast, contrasting with a barred black-and-white back. It features a prominent white stripe on its folded wing and a pale yellowish belly, making it visually distinct from other sapsuckers.

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Red-breasted Sapsucker
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Red-breasted Sapsucker

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Baby sapsuckers are fed a diet mostly of insects, not sap!

Other birds, like hummingbirds, also drink sap from their tree wells!

Their long tongue has a brush-like tip to slurp up tree sap quickly.

They drum on metal objects, like street signs, to find a mate!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Sap Well Engineer

Red-breasted Sapsucker can drill neat rows of tiny holes in trees because this creates 'sap wells' for them to drink sweet sap.

Fähigkeit

Insect Trap Setter

Red-breasted Sapsucker has sap wells that help them catch insects, as bugs get stuck in the sugary liquid.

Fähigkeit

Arboreal Anchor

Red-breasted Sapsucker has stiff tail feathers that help them brace against tree trunks while climbing and drilling.

Maße und Details

Länge
20-22 cm
Flügelspannweite
34-39 cm
Gewicht
0.043-0.061 kg
Lebenserwartung
4-7 Jahre
Top Speed
40 km/h
Gelegegröße
4-7
Brutzeit
14-15 Tage
Zugstrecke
1500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

They mainly drink sweet tree sap and eat insects caught in their sap wells.

Hauptnahrung

  • tree sap
  • ants
  • beetles
  • spiders
  • berries

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

Drills sap wells in its bark for food.

eats

Silvery Wood Ant

Formica argentea

Catches ants attracted to sap wells.

eaten by

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Is a prey item for this agile forest hawk.

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Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance and don't disturb their nests.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Red-breasted Sapsucker?

20-22 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red-breasted Sapsucker?

34-39 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Red-breasted Sapsucker?

0.043-0.061 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red-breasted Sapsucker?

4-7 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Red-breasted Sapsucker?

40 km/h

Was frisst Red-breasted Sapsucker?

They mainly drink sweet tree sap and eat insects caught in their sap wells.

Wo findet man Red-breasted Sapsucker normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Red-breasted Sapsucker?

Foraging

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