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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Piciformes
        Family: Picidae
          Genus: Sphyrapicus
            Species: thyroideus

Williamson's Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus thyroideus

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) is a medium-to large-sized (21-25 cm) woodpecker that lives in the mountains of western North America, from southern British Columbia to central Mexico. They inhabit middle to high elevation conifer and mixed conifer forests of northern and western New Mexico. They drill holes in trees to eat sap and phloem fibers; they also eat insects and fruits.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S4B,S5N

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SWAP Status: SGCN

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 16

Number of Mapped Locations: 40

Number of Observations: 110

Observation date range: 12-31-1949 to 10-02-2019

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