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Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Description:

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.

Habitat:

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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Maria dB
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Maria dB

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Nov 2, 2012
Submitted on Nov 4, 2012

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