Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
Range: breeds southeastern Alaska and Yukon across Canada to Newfoundland and south in USA in northern tier of states from North Dakota east, and farther south in the Appalachian Mountains; winters southeastern USA to PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sphyrapicus varius
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus varius
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- North America = South Carolina ex Catesby.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.176
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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