Yellow-bellied sapsucker: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the yellow-bellied sapsucker lives – recorded in 14 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sphyrapicus varius
Group	Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	14 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	3.4 g (birth weight); 50.3 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Piciformes
Family	Picidae

Where does the yellow-bellied sapsucker live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-bellied sapsucker in 14 countries and territories across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a yellow-bellied sapsucker?

Wikidata records the following for the yellow-bellied sapsucker: mass 3.4 g (birth weight); 50.3 g (adult weight).

Is the yellow-bellied sapsucker endangered?

The yellow-bellied sapsucker’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow-bellied sapsucker?

The yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is a bird in the order Piciformes and the family Picidae, genus Sphyrapicus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-bellied sapsucker

The yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is a medium-sized woodpecker that breeds in Canada and the northeastern United States.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-bellied sapsucker (revision 1368641490), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q934735 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).