Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus ruber
Synopsis: Nests widely in tree cavities from the eastern edge of the Cascades west to the coast, but becomes more local nearer the coast. Most notable are the records from central Lake County, the Ochoco Mountains, and possibly the Blue Mountains. Hybridizes often with Red-naped Sapsucker along the east slope of the Cascades.

Habitat Associations:
strong
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (307930 acres)
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (1528544 acres)
Shasta Red Fir-Mountain Hemlock Forest (54084 acres)
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (52056 acres)
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (6106394 acres)
Douglas Fir-Mixed Deciduous Forest (2934 acres)
Douglas Fir/White Oak Forest (196688 acres)
Douglas Fir dominant - Mixed Conifer Forest (2510804 acres)
Red Alder (71441 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (1024792 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Mixed Deciduous Forest (188123 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (27749 acres)
Streamside/Wetland Shrubland (1266 acres)
some
Douglas Fir-White Fir/Tanoak-Madrone Mixed Forest (1047946 acres)
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (1576071 acres)
White Oak Forest (115577 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (1490294 acres)
lesser
Sitka Spruce-W. Hemlock Maritime Forest (164352 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (392743 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (204691 acres)
Conifer Woodland on Serpentine Bedrock (50403 acres)
Douglas Fir-Port Orford Cedar Forest (140567 acres)
Ponderosa Pine/White Oak Forest & Woodland (129595 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-W. Juniper Woodland (146063 acres)
Ponderosa-Lodgepole Pine on Pumice (784824 acres)
South coast Mixed Forest (2888 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (62839 acres)

Relative Detectability: Fairly easy to detect and to confirm nesting.

Challenge: Search for additional nesting along the Oregon coast. Determine if scattered individuals breed in Blue Mountains.