Of special interest in Ohio (Ohio Division of Wildlife, June 2026)
Ohio's Division of Wildlife names it as one at the edge of its range in Ohio, breeding here at low numbers. It is not listed as endangered or threatened.
Near Montgomery County
Range
Where it is recorded
Season shown in 0 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio
No result yet (0)
Within its mapped range (33)
Recorded, too few records for a result (46)
Recorded, season not shown (9)
Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker by Ohio county: records and mapped range
County
Records
In mapped range
Adams County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: winter
Allen County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Ashland County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Ashtabula County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Athens County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Auglaize County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Belmont County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Brown County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: winter
Butler County
23 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: winter
Carroll County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Champaign County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Clark County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Clermont County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: winter
Clinton County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: winter, migration
Columbiana County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Coshocton County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Crawford County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Cuyahoga County
108 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: migration
Darke County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Defiance County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Delaware County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Erie County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Fairfield County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Fayette County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Franklin County
55 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: migration
Fulton County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Gallia County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Geauga County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Greene County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Guernsey County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Hamilton County
62 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: winter
Hancock County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Hardin County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Harrison County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Henry County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Highland County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: winter, migration
Hocking County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Holmes County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Huron County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Jackson County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Jefferson County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Knox County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Lake County
20 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: migration
Lawrence County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Licking County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Logan County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Lorain County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Lucas County
44 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: migration
Madison County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Mahoning County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Marion County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Medina County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Meigs County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Mercer County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Miami County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Monroe County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Montgomery County
45 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: winter, migration
Morgan County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Morrow County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Muskingum County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Noble County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Ottawa County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Paulding County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Perry County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Pickaway County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Pike County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Portage County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Preble County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: winter, migration
Putnam County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Richland County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Ross County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Sandusky County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Scioto County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: winter, migration
Seneca County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Shelby County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Stark County
24 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: migration
Summit County
49 · Recorded, season not shown
Yes: migration
Trumbull County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Tuscarawas County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Union County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Van Wert County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Vinton County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Warren County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: winter
Washington County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Wayne County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Williams County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Wood County
Recorded, too few records for a result
Yes: migration
Wyandot County
No qualifying records yet
Yes: migration
Season
When it is recorded
In Montgomery County
Mid-October to late January, middle week early December
Recorded in two separate seasons, each shown with its own early, middle and late weeks. A later season is not shown: only 17 records, too few.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recording in Montgomery County · records of all species each week, 33,949 in all
Records per week from 45 records in 7 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.
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Records of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Montgomery County each week, and records of all species
Week
Records of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Years recorded
Records of all species
Jan 4–10
0
0
165
Jan 11–17
1
1
71
Jan 18–24
3
2
156
Jan 25–31
2
2
194
Feb 1–7
0
0
127
Feb 8–14
0
0
144
Feb 15–21
0
0
124
Feb 22–28
1
1
137
Mar 1–7
0
0
122
Mar 8–14
0
0
221
Mar 15–21
1
1
272
Mar 22–28
1
1
269
Mar 29 – Apr 4
3
1
482
Apr 5–11
5
3
674
Apr 12–18
2
1
853
Apr 19–25
3
2
812
Apr 26 – May 2
1
1
1,172
May 3–9
0
0
849
May 10–16
0
0
850
May 17–23
0
0
880
May 24–30
0
0
1,224
May 31 – Jun 6
0
0
1,255
Jun 7–13
0
0
1,217
Jun 14–20
0
0
1,247
Jun 21–27
0
0
1,015
Jun 28 – Jul 4
0
0
990
Jul 5–11
0
0
1,130
Jul 12–18
0
0
1,190
Jul 19–25
0
0
1,323
Jul 26 – Aug 1
0
0
961
Aug 2–8
0
0
1,177
Aug 9–15
0
0
1,587
Aug 16–22
0
0
1,241
Aug 23–29
0
0
1,131
Aug 30 – Sep 5
0
0
1,299
Sep 6–12
0
0
1,342
Sep 13–19
0
0
1,020
Sep 20–26
0
0
722
Sep 27 – Oct 3
0
0
624
Oct 4–10
0
0
674
Oct 11–17
1
1
557
Oct 18–24
2
2
436
Oct 25–31
0
0
389
Nov 1–7
0
0
296
Nov 8–14
2
2
279
Nov 15–21
4
3
235
Nov 22–28
3
2
210
Nov 29 – Dec 5
2
1
94
Dec 6–12
1
1
69
Dec 13–19
3
3
85
Dec 20–26
2
1
104
Dec 27 – Jan 2
2
1
252
In Ohio
Not enough evidence
The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 833 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all
Records per week from 833 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.
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Records of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Ohio each week, and records of all species
Week
Records of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Years recorded
Records of all species
Jan 4–10
25
8
6,211
Jan 11–17
14
9
5,146
Jan 18–24
18
4
4,645
Jan 25–31
15
7
4,698
Feb 1–7
12
5
6,023
Feb 8–14
5
4
5,888
Feb 15–21
11
8
5,436
Feb 22–28
4
3
6,846
Mar 1–7
8
3
8,321
Mar 8–14
9
6
10,384
Mar 15–21
11
5
12,620
Mar 22–28
9
7
13,949
Mar 29 – Apr 4
40
9
19,661
Apr 5–11
64
10
26,860
Apr 12–18
100
10
39,925
Apr 19–25
74
9
41,623
Apr 26 – May 2
42
9
56,391
May 3–9
9
4
52,952
May 10–16
5
4
53,785
May 17–23
11
7
57,698
May 24–30
3
2
54,651
May 31 – Jun 6
1
1
53,099
Jun 7–13
5
3
53,700
Jun 14–20
6
4
56,625
Jun 21–27
2
2
55,361
Jun 28 – Jul 4
3
2
58,477
Jul 5–11
2
2
61,336
Jul 12–18
1
1
64,722
Jul 19–25
7
5
69,753
Jul 26 – Aug 1
2
2
59,416
Aug 2–8
1
1
59,712
Aug 9–15
1
1
55,994
Aug 16–22
1
1
54,328
Aug 23–29
1
1
51,772
Aug 30 – Sep 5
4
3
57,167
Sep 6–12
2
2
59,075
Sep 13–19
2
2
54,543
Sep 20–26
6
4
45,860
Sep 27 – Oct 3
18
7
43,180
Oct 4–10
55
9
37,841
Oct 11–17
41
10
30,824
Oct 18–24
17
7
21,156
Oct 25–31
13
6
19,021
Nov 1–7
15
5
14,172
Nov 8–14
9
4
12,621
Nov 15–21
16
6
7,965
Nov 22–28
19
8
8,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5
20
6
6,083
Dec 6–12
11
6
6,004
Dec 13–19
20
7
5,423
Dec 20–26
13
8
5,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2
30
7
8,459
What these results show
These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.
Identification
How to identify it
Telling it apart
From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens319 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus204 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus164 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus56 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus39 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.
Land cover where it is recorded
Land cover
Its recordsAll Ohio records
Developed
52%49%
Forest
36%31%
Wetland
6%5%
Farmland
4%11%
Open water
1%3%
From 393 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
Where these results come from
Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.
