LC
Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis



Justification

Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the threshold for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years of three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population justification
Partners in Flight estimated the population size to be 2,000,000 mature individuals (Rosenberg et al. 2016).

Trend justification

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).

Acknowledgements

Text account compilers
Hermes, C., Ekstrom, J., Palmer-Newton, A., Butchart, S.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sphyrapicus nuchalis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-naped-sapsucker-sphyrapicus-nuchalis on 19/03/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org on 19/03/2024.