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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius · Family Picidae
Sphyrapicus varius
Family Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,722,905
- Countries and territories with records
- 39
About this species
This species has 2,722,905 occurrence records from 39 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (80.2%) and Canada (18.4%); together they account for 98.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sphyrapicus varius combines the genus name Sphyrapicus with the species epithet varius. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Sphyrapicus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sphyrapicus ruber, Sphyrapicus nuchalis and Sphyrapicus thyroideus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 6.8 times the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.