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Sphyrapicus varius (Yellow-bellied Sapsucker)

Synonyms: Picus varius (homotypic); Sphyrapicus varius appalachiensis; Sphyrapicus varius varius
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Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is a medium-sized woodpecker found in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.6051
EDGE Score: 1.72368
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  50 grams
Birth Weight [1]  3.4 grams
Female Weight [4]  49 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests, Boreal forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Widespread
Wintering Habitat [2]  Forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  50 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  40 %
Forages - Understory [3]  30 %
Clutch Size [6]  5
Clutches / Year [6]  1
Fledging [4]  27 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  12,000,000
Incubation [6]  13 days
Mating System [1]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [5]  7 years 9 months
Snout to Vent Length [4]  8 inches (20 cm)
Female Maturity [5]  1 year
Male Maturity [5]  1 year

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Central Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest United States (New York, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia); Canada
Central Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest (Yellow Birch - Northern Red Oak Type) United States (Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia)
Louisiana Longleaf Pine Fleming Glade United States (Louisiana)
Slash Pine Managed Forest United States (South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Loblolly Pine - Shortleaf Pine Forest United States (Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas)
Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine Naturally Mixed Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Clayey Longleaf Pine Woodland (Dry Type) United States (Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry-Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Fire-Infrequent Xeric Longleaf Pine Sandhill Woodland United States (Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf - Mixed Pine - Sweetgum Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Managed Loblolly Pine Forest United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Loblolly Pine - Mixed Hardwood Forest United States (Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Louisiana, Texas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Longleaf Pine Flatwoods, Fire-Suppressed Phase United States (Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Slash Pine Wet Woodland United States (Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Post Oak Forest United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous Pine - Hardwood Slope & Stream Bottom Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Xeric Upland Shortleaf Pine - Oak Woodland United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma)

Prey / Diet

Abies clanbrassiliana (Norway spruce)[7]
Tilia americana (American basswood)[7]
Tsuga canadensis (Canada hemlock)[7]

Predators

Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's Hawk)[7]
Accipiter gentilis (Northern Goshawk)[7]
Accipiter striatus (Sharp-shinned Hawk)[7]
Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)[7]
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)[7]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus[8]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Audio

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 6LIFE HISTORY TRAITS OF OPEN- VS. CAVITY-NESTING BIRDS, Thomas E. Martin and Pingjun Li, Ecology, 73(2), 1992, pp. 579-592
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8International Flea Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0