red-breasted sapsucker

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   western North American sapsucker

   SynonymsSphyrapicus varius ruber

   Broadersapsucker

Questions about red-breasted sapsucker

What does red-breasted sapsucker mean?

red-breasted sapsucker means "western North American sapsucker".

What is another word for red-breasted sapsucker?

Close synonyms include Sphyrapicus varius ruber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red-breasted sapsucker a common word?

red-breasted sapsucker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.