Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Description Downy woodpeckers are small birds with white stomachs, breasts and backs and black tails and wings. Wings have rows of white spots.
Downy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Species Code: PIPU ...
Downy Woodpecker
Relatives in same Genus
White-headed Woodpecker (P. albolarvatus)
Arizona Woodpecker (P. arizonae)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (P. scalaris)
Hairy Woodpecker (P. villosus) ...
Downy Woodpecker
The downy woodpecker is one of the most common backyard birds in North America and loves to eat suet! Learn how to attract the downy woodpecker to your yard, and listen to its song.
Photo: Roland Jordahl ...
Song: Downy Woodpecker Cal
Migration: Non-migratory
Similar Species: Hairy Woodpecker. See Comparison Chart.
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
The Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is a resident species across most of the United States and Canada. It is a small woodpecker, but can be quite vocal and active, so it is often easy to find.
Downy Woodpecker (Female)
Bodark
Recent Encounters
Downy Woodpecker
It didn't take long for this fellow to check out the new backyard feeding stations.
Downy Woodpecker Stories from our Readers
I shouldn't really have been surprised. I mean, I see them at feeders, and surely they don't live on hidden insects all winter.
The Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is a common, widespread woodpecker. It is found in woodlands, parks, and a variety of biomes throughout North America.
Diet The downy woodpeckers use its bill to drill into trees and dig out insects like beetles, wasps, moths and insect larvae. It also eats berries and sunflower seeds.
Downy Woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens)
Status: Year-round Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens (Linnaeus)
Status Common to fairly common resident. Breeds. It is found throughout the province at all seasons but perhaps is more evident in winter, when it comes to feeding stations.
THE DOWNY WOODPECKER.
[Downy Woodpecker (see also Gairdner's Woodpecker).]
PICUS PUBESCENS, Linn.
[Picoides pubescens.] ...
Downy woodpeckers are small birds with white stomachs, breasts and backs, and black tails and wings. Males have a red cap on the back of their heads, which the females lack.
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Three-toed Woodpecker ...
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Everybody loves woodpeckers, except maybe for owners of homes on which woodpeckers decide to drill for goodies.
Picture Downy Woodpecker
Woodpeckers make up the family Picidae of the order Piciformes.
Types of North American Woodpeckers Include: ...
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens. Breeder. Common in all seasons and regions. Found in woodlands, orchards, suburban areas, parks, and farm woodlots. MODERATE CONSERVATION CONCERN.
Downy Woodpecker
A small black-and-white woodpecker from North America.
Duck
Ducks are water birds that are often raised on farms! Or go to a simple version of the duck printout (unlabeled diagram and no information).
Downy Woodpecker
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Hairy Woodpecker
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Among the North American woodpeckers are the sociable downy woodpecker, Picus pubescens (about 61/2 in./17 cm long); the similar but larger hairy woodpecker, P.
The Hairy Woodpecker is virtually identical in plumage to the much smaller Downy Woodpecker, which also has a shorter bill relative to the size of its head.
While birding various roads outside Valdez I had Townsend's Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, Pine Siskins, Orange-crowned Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Varied Thrush, Common Merganser, ...
Flocks are sometimes formed with the hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus), downy woodpecker (P. pubescens), northern flicker (Coloptes auratus), Clark's nutcracker, and European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) for a portion of the year, ...
Similarly, juvenile Hairy Woodpeckers on the Queen Charlotte Islands can have barred outer tail feathers and such birds should be carefully separated from Downy Woodpeckers by their larger size and larger bills.
Small, but larger than a Downy Woodpecker, The Red-cockaded is not hard to identify. The large white check patch stands out as the best field mark. Vocal and active the birds are easy to locate. The red "cockades" on the head are rarely visiable.
The Downy Woodpecker and the Hairy Woodpecker both have white backs rather than the black and white ladder found on the Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
In North America the Downy woodpecker is (six and a half inches long), the larger hairy woodpecker; the red crested pileated woodpecker or logcock , about 17 in.
Typical drumming is steady, medium speed, and relatively long - noticeably longer and faster than Downy Woodpecker.
The Wild Side of the Zoo
From raccoons and red-eared sliders to white-tailed deer and downy woodpeckers, the Zoo is teeming with wildlife that aren’t officially on display.
Just this morning a downy woodpecker landed on the fig tree, usually the squirrels claim that tree, so got a good view! ...
Within pairs, males always dominant over females, e.g., in gaining access to food. In winter, roost singly in cavity; occ join mixed foraging flocks with Brown Creepers, chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers.
Some species of woodpecker, such as the Downy woodpecker - a small North American woodpecker typically characterized by black and white plumage, and a small bill, also feed on safflower seeds.
 See also: Woodpecker, Hairy woodpecker, Flicker, Yellow-bellied, Pileated Woodpecker
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