The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, is a medium-sized woodpecker.
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is part of the New World sapsucker genus Sphyrapicus which is within the woodpecker family Picidae The genus also includes the Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-breasted Sapsucker and Williamson's Sapsucker.
Adults are black on the back and wings with white bars; they have a black head with white lines down the side and a red forehead and crown, a ...
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The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, is a medium-sized woodpecker.
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is part of the New World sapsucker genus Sphyrapicus which is within the woodpecker family Picidae The genus also includes the Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-breasted Sapsucker and Williamson's Sapsucker.
Adults are black on the back and wings with white bars; they have a black head with white lines down the side and a red forehead and crown, a yellow breast and upper belly, a white lower belly and rump and a black tail with a white central bar. Adult males have a red throat; females have a white throat.
They drum and give a cat-like call in spring to declare ownership of territory.
Red-naped Sapsucker is distinguished by having a red nape (back of the head). The Hairy Woodpecker has no red on the crown (front of the head) or throat and has blacker back. The Downy Woodpecker has same markings as the Hairy but is significantly smaller.
Their breeding habitat is forested areas across...
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