Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) YEBSA 8720
Family: Piciformes > Picidae

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Yoav Perlman

A small North American woodpecker, the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker creates elaborate systems of such sap wells by drilling into tree trunks, maintaining them daily to ensure sap production. This is an extremely rare visitor to Britain & Ireland with single-figure records from Britain and Ireland.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
1 record observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1 record

BTO RECORDS

1 record observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1 record

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: picot de pit groc
Czech: datel rudohrdlý
Danish: Gulbuget Saftspætte
Dutch: Geelbuiksapspecht
Estonian: mahlarähn
Finnish: mahlatikka
French: Pic maculé
German: Gelbbauch-Saftlecker
Hungarian: sárgahasú cukorharkály
Icelandic: Safaspæta
Irish: Súdhiúlaí Tarrbhuí
Italian: Picchio ventregiallo
Latvian: dzeltenvedera suldziris
Lithuanian: geltonpilvis sulcius
Norwegian: Kanadasevjespett
Polish: oskomik czerwonogardly
Portuguese: pica-pau-de-barriga-amarela
Slovak: miazgojed žltobruchý
Slovenian: apalaški muževnik
Spanish: Chupasavia norteño
Swedish: gulbröstad savspett

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