. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. 148 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Sphyrapicus varius varius (Linnaeus) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Plate 62 Picus varius Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. 1766. 1:176 DeKay. Zool. of N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 188, fig. 38 Sphyrapicus varius varius A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. p. 190. No. 402 sphyrapicus, Gr. acpupsc, a hammer, and Lat. picus, a woodpecker; varius, Lat., variegated Description. Male: Crown and throat bright red bordered with black; a broad black crescent on the upper breast; upper parts variegated with black and yellowish white; a broad
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. 148 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Sphyrapicus varius varius (Linnaeus) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Plate 62 Picus varius Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. 1766. 1:176 DeKay. Zool. of N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 188, fig. 38 Sphyrapicus varius varius A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. p. 190. No. 402 sphyrapicus, Gr. acpupsc, a hammer, and Lat. picus, a woodpecker; varius, Lat., variegated Description. Male: Crown and throat bright red bordered with black; a broad black crescent on the upper breast; upper parts variegated with black and yellowish white; a broad stripe of white on the wing formed by the white ends of the wing coverts; wing feath- ers black, bar-spotted with white; tail feathers black, except inner webs of middle pair; upper tail coverts mostly white; under parts more or less heavily tinged with yellow, especially around the margin of the black breast shield, and the center of the belly; sides dingy brownish white, variegated with blackish. Female: Throat white in- stead of scarlet; crown scarlet in old females but black in young ones, even through the second summer in many specimens; otherwise like male. Young: Similar to adult, but browner, and lacking the black breast shield, and the scarlet on crown not showing till late in the first autumn. Length inches; extent 15-16; wing 5; tail 3; bill Yellow-bellied Photo by James H. Miller sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus) varius Distribution. The Yellow-bellied sapsucker breeds throughout the boreal life zone of eastern America from the highlands of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Minnesota northward to Quebec, Ungava and Mackenzie,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum. Albany : University of the State of New York
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