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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Summary
- Status in VT: Increased by 8% (156 to 169 blocks). Increases throughout the state.
- Data from other research: FBMP: Significant annual increase (P = 0.04)
- Conservation status: State rank S5B
- Other atlases: NY: 52%; PA: 101%; ON: no sig. change.
- VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
- Causes of change since first Atlas: Increase in mid-successional habitat due to continued regrowth on former agricultural lands (?).
- Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.
Population Trends
![Yellow-bellied Sapsucker graph](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-bellied-Sapsucker-graph-e1441914138688.jpeg)
First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)
Species Account
Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)
![Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Map 1](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-bellied-Sapsucker-Map-1.jpeg)
![Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Table 1](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-bellied-Sapsucker-Table-1-e1441914199581.jpeg)
![Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Table 2](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-bellied-Sapsucker-Table-2-e1441914215225.jpeg)
Change in Distribution
![mapkey](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mapkey4.jpg)
![Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Map 2](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-bellied-Sapsucker-Map-2.jpeg)
![Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Table 3](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-bellied-Sapsucker-Table-3-e1441914253831.jpeg)
Links
Vermont eBird
Encyclopedia of Life
All About Birds