Species: Picoides pubescens
Downy Woodpecker
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Picoides
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
pic mineur
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Piciformes - Picidae - Picoides - Throughout North America, exhibits little mtDNA polymorphism and a shallow phylogeographic structure (Ball and Avise 1992).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A woodpecker.
Migration
true - true - false - Northernmost breeding populations move southward for winter.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Eats mostly insects, including adults, larvae, pupae, and eggs, obtained from bark of trees; also eats berries and nuts (Terres 1980).
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size 3-7 (usually 4-5). Incubation about 12 days, by both sexes. Young leaves nest at 20-22 days, then dependent on parents for food for 3 more weeks. Possibly 2 broods per year in south.
Length
17
Weight
27
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: western and central Alaska to northern Saskatchewan and Newfoundland, south to southern California, central Texas, Gulf Coast, and southern Florida. NON-BREEDING: throughout breeding range, but more northern populations are mostly migratory, occurring irregularly southward.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)