Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Images

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Images, Facts and Information:

Sphyrapicus varius

• Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are medium-sized woodpeckers with black and white striped faces, red crowns and throats (in males), and pale yellow bellies. They have barred black and white upperparts and a white stripe on their wings.
• Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers breed in Canada, eastern Alaska, and the northeastern United States. They winter in the eastern and southern United States, West Indies, and Central America.
• Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers prefer young forests, edge habitats, and areas regenerating from timber harvesting. They are also found in deciduous and mixed coniferous forests, open woodlands, and semi-open habitats.
• Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers feed primarily on tree sap, insects (especially ants), fruits, and occasionally berries and buds. They drill rows of small holes in tree bark to create “sap wells” from which they feed.
• Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers lay 4 to 6 eggs which hatch in 10 to 14 days. Both parents incubate the eggs and they often return to the same nesting territory in consecutive years.
• Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are also known as “sapsuckers” or “yellow-bellies”.
• A group of sapsuckers can be called a “slurp” or “suckling” of sapsuckers.
• The average lifespan of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in the wild is 6 to 7 years.

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