Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusSphyrapicus (Sapsuckers)
- SpeciesSphyrapicus nuchalis (Red-naped Sapsucker)
Closest Relatives at Grand Teton National Park
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Black-backed Woodpecker
Picoides arcticus
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 13 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 18 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 20 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-naped Sapsucker in Grand Teton National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Red-naped Sapsucker sighting in Grand Teton National Park, based on 421 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-naped Sapsucker in Grand Teton National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Red-naped Sapsucker in Grand Teton National Park in our monthly data.