Downy woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens · Picidae

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.

Where the Downy woodpecker lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Ontario, Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and Illinois.

See the Downy woodpecker’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 19,077,610 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.