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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
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Cuba and Honduras
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker breeds in Canada from the Rockies eastwards and in north-central, northeastern USA and down to the
southern Appalachians. It winters in eastern and southern USA, Central America and the West Indies. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in woodland or forest and requires aspen or birch
trees in which to excavate a nest.
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It is barred black and white above with a long white wing patch and a red forehead. Below the belly is pale
yellow. The male has a red throat while the female (photo 1) has a white throat. The juvenile (photo 2) is scaly brown with the long white wing patch
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It not only feeds on insects, larvae, seeds and fruit but also on sap which it extracts from neat rows of holes
that it drills into the trees.
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