Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Photo Gallery
Male
Woodpecker with a stout bill and vertical white wing patches. Males have a red crown and throat.
© Monique Maynard / Macaulay LibraryQuebec, April 23, 2019Female
Sapsuckers have vertical white wing patches along the side of the folded wing. Underparts vary from whitish to pale yellow. Females have a red crown and a white throat.
© Simon Boivin / Macaulay LibraryQuebec, May 09, 2020Male
Males typically drill holes in dead hardwood trees for nesting spaces.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, May 12, 2015Not all videos have soundJuvenile
Juveniles have a brownish wash over their bodies and a finely spotted crown. Like adults they have vertical white wing patches.
© Rob Fowler / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, December 21, 2020Male
Hitches up and down trees in typical woodpecker fashion. Note the vertical white wing patches and red forehead and throat.
© David Turgeon / Macaulay LibraryQuebec, May 22, 2017Male
Drills neat rows of shallow holes to access tree sap.
© Frank King / Macaulay LibraryNewfoundland and Labrador, April 29, 2017Male
Found in mixed evergreen and deciduous forests with aspen and birch trees.
© Lois Stacey / Macaulay LibraryGeorgia, February 12, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Woodpeckers(Order: Piciformes, Family: Picidae)
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