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Post by paulos on Jul 10, 2020 7:07:03 GMT -8
Near 100 Mile House I came across a female sapsucker feeding a fledgling in a nest hole. Red-naped Sapsuckers are the regular sapsucker here, but this one had no apparent red on the throat or chin, but a vaguely yellowish light patch. However, it did have the pink nape of a female Red-naped. The back lines are in the regular range for Red-naped, but I have found some photos of a Yellow-bellied with similar markings. I suspect this is just an unusual red-naped individual, but I thought I would get some input. I seem to remember there was a potential red-naped X yellow-bellied hybrid in Manning a few years ago that might have been similar. Any thoughts? I only have cell-phone-through-binocular photos.
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Post by Randy on Jul 10, 2020 20:54:44 GMT -8
I have no idea but a cool bird!
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Post by nickinthegarden on Jul 11, 2020 3:17:56 GMT -8
In 2017 I had posted some images of what I think Gord felt was a hybrid Red-naped/Red-breasted Sapsucker from Manning Park. Manning Park being a kind of natural divide between the two species allowed for them to interact. I would not be surprised that a similar situation would occur with the Yellow-bellied as they are more common towards the northeast. Interesting find though.
This year I have seen far fewer woodpeckers and sapsuckers than previous years in the interior, perhaps it was just bad timing on my part and not an indication of something else.
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Post by paulos on Jul 11, 2020 17:43:49 GMT -8
Yeah, the Cariboo has a few yellow-bellied sapsuckers show up, but only up north near Quesnel (where Red-breasted are the dominant species). All three show up in that corner of the Cariboo, but 100 Mile is pretty solidly red-naped territory. There was a recent Red-breasted X Yellow-bellied hybrid in Quesnel.
But any ideas on this one? The plain throat seems uncharacteristic for a red-naped, but I'm not sure if anything else would point to a hybrid.
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Post by Chris on Jul 12, 2020 8:33:54 GMT -8
Hey Paul, I would say Red-naped just because I would think there would be more Yellow-bellied features on the bird.
Another possibility as well is this bird could have some yellow-bellied DNA in it. A hybrid bred with a pure Red-naped?
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Post by Randy on Jul 12, 2020 12:44:32 GMT -8
You could try the "Advanced Bird ID" Facebook group too... they seem to know their hybrids, etc!
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