sapsucker

Any of various North and Central American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in certain trees to drink the sap and eat insects attracted to it, especially S. varius, the common species in the east, and S. ruber, found along the west coast.

The popular name in the United States of all the small spotted woodpeckers: so called from being supposed to suck the sap of trees.

A woodpecker of the eastern United States (of the genus Sphyrapicus) that feeds mainly on the sap of trees

Any woodpecker that punctures the bark of trees and feeds upon the sap.

small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees