Editing Sapsucker (section)

==Taxonomy and systematics==
The genus ''Sphyrapicus'' was introduced in 1858 by the American naturalist [[Spencer Fullerton Baird|Spencer Baird]] with the [[yellow-bellied sapsucker]] (''Sphyrapicus varius'') as the [[type species]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baird|first=Spencer F.|author-link=Spencer Fullerton Baird|year=1858|title=Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practical and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the direction of the secretary of war in 1853-1856|volume=9 Birds|location=Washington|publisher=Beverly Tucker, printer|pages=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689162 xviii], [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689172 xxviii], [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689280 80], [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689301 101]}}</ref> The genus name combines the [[Ancient Greek]] ''sphura'' meaning "hammer" and ''pikos'' meaning "woodpecker".<ref name = "Jobling"/> The genus is [[sister taxon|sister]] to the genus ''[[Melanerpes]]''; both genera are members of the [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] Melanerpini in the woodpecker [[subfamily]] [[Picinae]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Shakya|first1=S.B.|last2=Fuchs|first2=J.|last3=Pons|first3=J.-M.|last4=Sheldon|first4=F.H.|date=2017|title=Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=116|pages=182–191|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005|pmid=28890006|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319596154|doi-access=free}}</ref>

There are four currently recognized species in the genus:<ref name = "ITIS-genus"/>
{{Species table |genus= Sphyrapicus |authority-name=[[Spencer Fullerton Baird|S.F. Baird]]|authority-year= 1858 |species-count=four|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

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|name=Red-naped sapsucker |binomial=[[Sphyrapicus nuchalis]]
|image=File:Red-naped Sapsucker (33214043974).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Red-naped-sapsucker.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Baird |authority-year=1858 |authority-not-original=
|range= the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin areas of North America
|range-image=File:Sphyrapicus nuchalis map.svg
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|name=Red-breasted sapsucker |binomial=[[Sphyrapicus ruber]]
|image=File:Sphyrapicus ruber 2.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gmelin, JF |authority-year=1788 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= southeast Alaska and British Columbia south through the Pacific Coast Ranges of western Washington and Oregon and northern California
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''S. r. ruber'' ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin, JF]], 1788) 
| ''S. r. daggetti'' [[Joseph Grinnell|Grinnell]], 1901
}}
}}

{{Species table/row
|name= Williamson's sapsucker|binomial=[[Sphyrapicus thyroideus]]
|image=File:Williamson's Sapsucker - Sisters - Oregon S4E1518 (19038668100).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Williamson's Sapsucker Female (9070271016).jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Cassin|authority-year= 1852 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= western North America from northern Mexico as far north as British Columbia
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''Sphyrapicus thyroideus nataliae'' ([[Alfred Malherbe|Malherbe]], 1854) 
| ''Sphyrapicus thyroideus thyroideus'' ([[John Cassin|Cassin]], 1852)
}}
}}

{{Species table/row
|name= Yellow-bellied sapsucker|binomial=[[Sphyrapicus varius]]
|image=File:Yellow-bellied sapsucker in CP (40484).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) female.JPG|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Canada, eastern Alaska and the northeastern United States
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{{Species table/end}}