NPSpecies

An uncommon summer resident of mixed conifer forests of the Kaibab Plateau, and an irregular summer resident on Mount Trumbull and the South Rim. It is an uncommon spring migrant in March and April and uncommon fall migrant in September and October throughout the region. Red-naped Sapsucker occurs as an uncommon winter resident of wooded areas along the Colorado River and rarely even as high as pinyon-juniper woodlands. There is an odd summer record of what was likely an early fall migrant at RM 168.8 on 22 Jul 1994 (Sogge et al. 1998). Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.

(Sphyrapicus nuchalis) * Red-naped Sapsucker was formerly considered the same species as Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. It is an uncommon summer resident of mixed conifer forests of the Kaibab Plateau, and an irregular summer resident on Mount Trumbull and the South Rim. It is an uncommon spring migrant in March and April and uncommon fall migrant in September and October throughout the region. Red-naped Sapsucker occurs as an uncommon winter resident of wooded areas along the Colorado River and rarely even as high as pinyon-juniper woodlands. There is an odd summer record of what was likely an early fall migrant at RM 168.8 on 22 Jul 1994 (Sogge et al. 1998). Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.