The yellow-bellied sapsucker, a member of the woodpecker family, is a migratory species found as far south as Panama and as far north as southeast Alaska or Newfoundland. It is called a sapsucker because it drills small holes, or "wells," in the sides of trees and then draws out sap with its long brush-tipped tongue. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers also eat berries, as well as insects that are attracted to the sap.

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