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Illustration of a Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) egg, 22.89 × 17.28 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Sphyrapicus nuchalis

  • 22.89 × 17.28 mm
  • Clutch: 3–7 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

White.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 40 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 174, 1939), p. 144.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red-naped Sapsucker, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red-naped Sapsucker, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum).
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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