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The yellow-bellied sapsucker has a length of around 19 to 21 centimetres (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in), and an average weight of 50.3 grams (1.77 oz), although this can range anywhere from 35 to 62 grams (1.2 to 2.2 oz). The yellow-bellied sapsucker has a wingspan that ranges from 34 to 40 centimetres (13 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 15 + 3 ⁄ 4 in). [10]
A USDA Forest Service study found that 67 percent of gray birch (Betula populifolia) trees damaged by yellow-bellied sapsuckers later died of their injuries. [7] This compares to a mortality of 51 percent for paper birch ( Betula papyrifera ), 40 percent for red maple ( Acer rubrum ), 3 percent for red spruce ( Picea rubens ), and 1 percent for ...
The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (NC)
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Most woodpeckers are sedentary, but a few examples of migratory species are known, such as the rufous-bellied woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, [17] and Eurasian wryneck, which breeds in Europe and west Asia and migrates to the Sahel in Africa in the winter. [19]
Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius LC; Red-naped sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis LC; ... Immature female European starling. Order: Passeriformes ...
Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) 56 West Indian woodpecker: Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) 57 Williamson's sapsucker: Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin, 1852) 58 Yellow-bellied sapsucker: Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) 59 Red-naped sapsucker: Sphyrapicus nuchalis Baird, SF, 1858: 60 Red-breasted sapsucker
Williamson's sapsucker; Y. Yellow-bellied sapsucker This page was last edited on 14 October 2019, at 17:45 (UTC). Text is available under the ...