Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
(L 6.75" WS 12" Wt 0.95 oz)
Starved Rock
State Park
13Feb2011
Small bill
Lake Catherine
Palos Heights
3Mar2010
female
Morton Arboretum
9Dec2010
Conspicuous
tuft
Smallest and most common U.S. wood-
pecker... mostly permanent residents.
pecker... mostly permanent residents.
Dryobates in Greek means oak
tree.; pubescens in Latin
means pubescent, downy.
tree.; pubescens in Latin
means pubescent, downy.
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Ellen Blackstone
Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
© Audubon
Society
Society
The Downy Woodpecker is the
smallest woodpecker in the U.S.
smallest woodpecker in the U.S.
(Ellen Blackstone)
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