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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -
(Sphyrapicus varius) 

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Identification

  • Medium-sized woodpecker
  • Black and white on back, lighter below
  • Wings dark with large white patch
  • Varying yellowish color on breast
         and upper belly
  • Thick black eyeline with white stripe
         above and below
  • Male has red crown and throat
  • Female lacks red on throat
  • 8.5" (22 cm.)

Habitat

  • Deciduous and mixed forests

Additional Information

  • Fairly common migrant and summer resident
  • Occasionally found in winter
  • Tapping has a rhythmic rat-a-tat sound
  • Gives a cat-like call
  • Creates small shallow horizontal rows
         of holes in trees for "sap wells",
         which are used by other species,
         including hummingbirds

Comparable Species

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker standing on a rock

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on pine tree next to sap wells 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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