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Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Female
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Female
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Female

About Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
  • Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers

The downy woodpecker is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America. Length ranges from 14 to 18 cm. Downy woodpeckers primarily live in forested areas throughout the United States and Canada, with the exception of deserts in the southwest and the northern tundra. The bird nests in tree cavities and feeds primarily on insects, although it supplements its diet with seeds and berries. The downy woodpecker is very similar in appearance to the hairy woodpecker, although they are not closely related.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2001-12-01

    Ridley Creek State Park, United States of America
    In suburbs near here.

  • 2007-04-10

    Ejido Lagoon, United States of America
    Image from 2007-04-10

  • 2007-04-29

    Golden Gate Park - North Lake, United States of America
    Female looked to be excavating a nest hole.
    Image from 2007-04-29

  • 2007-04-30

    Mount Davidson, United States of America

  • 2007-06-14

    Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Deleware Bay, United States of America

  • 2008-05-28

    Glen Canyon Park, United States of America

  • 2009-04-04

    Bernal Hill, United States of America

  • 2010-02-01

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America

  • 2010-04-18

    Point Reyes National Seashore, United States of America

  • 2010-06-25

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America

  • 2010-10-30

    Miller Meadow Forest Preserve, United States of America

  • 2010-11-20

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America

  • 2011-10-08

    Crabtree Nature Center, United States of America

  • 2012-07-08

    Necedah NWR, United States of America

  • 2012-10-08

    Presidio - El Polin Spring, United States of America

  • 2013-03-04

    John Heinz NWR at Tinicum (IBA), United States of America
    Image from 2013-03-04

  • 2013-03-07

    Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, United States of America
    Image from 2013-03-07

  • 2013-04-20

    Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America

  • 2013-08-31

    Mountain Lake, United States of America

  • 2013-09-01

    Glen Canyon Park, United States of America

  • 2013-09-07

    Mountain Lake, United States of America

  • 2013-09-28

    Presidio - El Polin Spring, United States of America

  • 2014-02-16

    Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden, United States of America

  • 2014-03-15

    Alemany Community Garden, United States of America

  • 2014-04-05

    Cosumnes River Preserve, United States of America

  • 2014-06-15

    Golden Gate Park - North Lake, United States of America

  • 2014-10-02

    Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden, United States of America

  • 2015-05-03

    Glen Canyon Park, United States of America

  • 2015-05-26

    Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve, United States of America

  • 2015-05-27

    Crabtree Nature Center, United States of America

  • 2015-08-22

    Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden, United States of America

  • 2015-09-28

    Montrose Point, United States of America

  • 2016-05-05

    Pratt Wayne Woods, United States of America

  • 2016-05-06

    Montrose Point, United States of America

  • 2016-09-18

    Lake Merced , United States of America

  • 2016-12-17

    Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America
    Image from 2016-12-17

  • 2016-12-19

    Fontainebleau State Park, United States of America

  • 2016-12-21

    Crabtree Nature Center, United States of America

  • 2016-12-22

    Ferson Creek Fen, United States of America

  • 2016-12-25

    Trappe , United States of America

  • 2018-05-19

    Armstrong Redwoods State Park, United States of America

  • 2018-08-26

    Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden, United States of America

  • 2018-09-02

    Lake Merced , United States of America

  • 2018-12-27

    Bernal Heights - Neighborhood Garden, United States of America

  • 2019-06-06

    Burleigh H. Murray State Park, United States of America

  • 2020-06-01

    Capay Valley, United States of America

  • 2020-07-20

    Goose Lake, United States of America

  • 2021-05-28

    Montrose Point, United States of America

  • 2022-01-15

    Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America

  • 2022-12-10

    Depoe Bay, United States of America

  • 2023-05-11

    Montrose Point, United States of America

  • 2023-05-15

    Burnidge Forest Preserve, United States of America

  • 2023-10-09

    Burnidge Forest Preserve, United States of America

  • 2025-03-15

    Portland, United States of America

  • 2025-05-19

    Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden, United States of America

  • 2025-07-21

    James Phillip State Park, United States of America