Red-breasted Sapsucker

Red-breasted Sapsucker
	Red-breasted Sapsucker drilling shallow holes holes in the trunk of a Toyon bush, or tree in this case, to eat the tree sap.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Clade:	Afroaves
Order:	Piciformes
Suborder:	Pici
Family:	Picidae
Subfamily:	Picinae
Tribe:	Melanerpini
Genus:	Sphyrapicus
Species:	S. ruber
Binomial name
	Sphyrapicus ruber; (Gmelin, 1788)
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	Range of S. ruber

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^ BirdLife International (2012). "Sphyrapicus ruber". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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[IUCN-1] BirdLife International (2012). "Sphyrapicus ruber". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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