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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
| Color: |
Black, White |
| Size: |
8.5" |
| Season: |
Winter |
| Description: |
This woodpecker has distinct black and white stripes on the face, a red cap, and a yellowish wash on the belly. The back has black and white barring. Male has a red throat patch while the female has a white throat. |
| Voice: |
Calls are a nasal or whiny mew sound.
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| Habitat: |
A variety of forest types including bottomland hardwoods and wooded residential areas. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Sapsuckers typically peck orderly, straight rows of squarish holes out of the bark. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers eat the sap that flows from these wells, in addition to insects caught in the sap. |
| Scientific name: |
Sphyrapicus varius |
| Order: |
Piciformes |
| Family: |
Picidae |
Adult male Ryan Brady |
Juvenile Robert Herron |
Adult female Clint Sowards |
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