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Downy Woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens)

   
        

Downy Woodpecker Information
                                                
Length: 6 - 6.5"

Habitat: Deciduous and mixed woodlands (favors bottomlands), forest edges, farmyards, orchards, parks, residential areas.

Diet: Mostly insects, including beetles and their larvae, wood-boring ants, caterpillars, and scale insects; spiders; some seeds and berries.

 Downy Woodpecker
Photo © Mike Danzenbaker
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Downy Woodpecker ID TipsIdentification tips for the Downy Woodpecker
 
 
Downy Woodpecker SoundsCalls and drumming of Downy Woodpecker
  © The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithica, New York.  Recordists: W. Gunn & G. Keller
 
Range Maps:
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Downy Woodpecker Breeding Map Downy Woodpecker Winter Map      USGS
     
Breeding Map          Winter Map (CBC)     
 
Additional Information:
 
National Wildlife Federation
Photo of Downy Woodpecker, song (sound file), description, voice, habitat, nesting, range, discussion.
 
     
   

 

 
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