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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius · Picidae
🐦 Bird87 regionsUncommon in Alberta
Where it's found
Every region with Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in its dex, with the tier and number it has there.
| Region | Tier | No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | Common | #296 | |
| Belize | Uncommon | #556 | |
| Bermuda | Uncommon | #257 | |
| Canada | Common | #754 | |
| Cayman Islands | Uncommon | #222 | |
| Colombia | Rare | #2095 | |
| Costa Rica | Rare | #968 | |
| Cuba | Uncommon | #328 | |
| Dominican Republic | Rare | #274 | |
| El Salvador | Uncommon | #492 | |
| Guatemala | Rare | #705 | |
| Haiti | Rare | #193 | |
| Honduras | Uncommon | #695 | |
| Jamaica | Rare | #231 | |
| Mexico | Uncommon | #1365 | |
| Nicaragua | Rare | #657 | |
| Panama | Rare | #967 | |
| Puerto Rico | Rare | #313 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Uncommon | #281 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Rare | #170 | |
| United States of America | Common | #1337 | |
| Alabama | Common | #437 | |
| Alaska | Rare | #520 | |
| Alberta | Uncommon | #153 | |
| Arizona | Uncommon | #593 | |
| Arkansas | Common | #396 | |
| British Columbia | Uncommon | #546 | |
| California | Uncommon | #767 | |
| Colorado | Rare | #549 | |
| Connecticut | Common | #416 | |
| Delaware | Uncommon | #381 | |
| District of Columbia | Common | #293 | |
| Florida | Common | #557 | |
| Georgia | Common | #442 | |
| Illinois | Uncommon | #428 | |
| Indiana | Uncommon | #388 | |
| Iowa | Uncommon | #388 | |
| Kansas | Uncommon | #440 | |
| Kentucky | Common | #377 | |
| Louisiana | Common | #440 | |
| Maine | Common | #431 | |
| Manitoba | Common | #393 | |
| Maryland | Common | #435 | |
| Massachusetts | Common | #478 | |
| Michigan | Common | #448 | |
| Minnesota | Common | #446 | |
| Mississippi | Common | #394 | |
| Missouri | Uncommon | #396 | |
| Montana | Rare | #450 | |
| Nebraska | Uncommon | #449 | |
| Nevada | Rare | #474 | |
| New Brunswick | Common | #383 | |
| New Hampshire | Common | #409 | |
| New Jersey | Uncommon | #461 | |
| New Mexico | Uncommon | #567 | |
| New York | Common | #522 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Rare | #371 | |
| North Carolina | Common | #458 | |
| North Dakota | Uncommon | #377 | |
| Northwest Territories | Uncommon | #265 | |
| Nova Scotia | Common | #446 | |
| Ohio | Uncommon | #445 | |
| Oklahoma | Common | #454 | |
| Ontario | Common | #499 | |
| Oregon | Rare | #558 | |
| Pennsylvania | Common | #439 | |
| Prince Edward Island | Common | #291 | |
| Québec | Common | #463 | |
| Rhode Island | Uncommon | #379 | |
| Saskatchewan | Uncommon | #378 | |
| South Carolina | Common | #421 | |
| South Dakota | Uncommon | #420 | |
| Tennessee | Common | #421 | |
| Texas | Common | #701 | |
| Utah | Rare | #481 | |
| Vermont | Common | #370 | |
| Virginia | Common | #474 | |
| Washington | Rare | #527 | |
| West Virginia | Common | #341 | |
| Wisconsin | Common | #447 | |
| Wyoming | Rare | #422 | |
| Yukon | Uncommon | #305 | |
| Curaçao | Rare | #210 | Vagrant |
| Iceland | Rare | #335 | Vagrant |
| Saint Martin (French part) | Rare | #144 | Vagrant |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Rare | #178 | Vagrant |
| Idaho | Rare | #423 | Vagrant |
Community activity
Community counts are not available right now.
Field notes
What to look for
A mid-sized woodpecker with a red forehead, a red throat (male) and a long white wing stripe; drills neat rows of holes.
Where
Aspen and birch forest in the parkland and boreal north.
When
April to September.
Tips
Rows of sap wells in birch trees. Red-naped sapsuckers (mountains) have an extra red nape patch.
Related species
Birds near it in Alberta's dex.
🐦Northern Flicker
#152 · Common🐦Red-naped Sapsucker
#154 · Uncommon🐦American Three-toed Woodpecker
#155 · Rare🐦Pileated Woodpecker
#151 · Uncommon🐦Hairy Woodpecker
#150 · Common🐦Black-backed Woodpecker
#156 · Rare
#152 · Common🐦Red-naped Sapsucker
#154 · Uncommon🐦American Three-toed Woodpecker
#155 · Rare🐦Pileated Woodpecker
#151 · Uncommon🐦Hairy Woodpecker
#150 · Common🐦Black-backed Woodpecker
#156 · Rare
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