yellow-bellied sapsucker
A North American woodpecker species (Sphyrapicus varius). The Japanese name is a direct translation of its sap-sucking behavior.
The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a type of woodpecker that lives in North America.
Standard katakana spelling for this bird name.
Kanji spelling is rare and mostly of etymological interest; the word is usually written in kana.
The Japanese name シルスイキツツキ is composed of 汁 (sap), 吸う (to suck), and 啄木鳥 (woodpecker), literally 'sap-sucking woodpecker', a calque of the English name.