Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Description:

The forehead is colored bright red, the crown is bordered black, there is a white stripe, starting above the eye, there is a broad black stripe going through the ear-coverts and down to the side of the neck. Flying feathers are black with white tips.

Habitat:

Spotted at Central Park, New York. The yellow-bellied sapsucker is found across Canada, eastern Alaska and the northeastern United States. These birds winter in the eastern United States, West Indies, and Central America.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Sphyrapicus Species: S. varius