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Sphyrapicus varius
Adults are black on the back and wings with white bars; they have a black head with white lines down the side and a red forehead and crown, a yellow breast and upper belly, a white lower belly and rump and a black tail with a white central bar. Adult males have a red throat; females have a white throat.
These birds migrate to the southeastern United States, West Indies and Central America, leaving their summer range. Seen in my yard feeding on persimmons.
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