Picoides pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)
Downy Woodpecker
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Vertebrate
Sublevel 2: Bird
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Picoides
Species: Picoides pubescens
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Picoides pubescens
At a feeder (with black-capped chickadee)
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-03-07
At a feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-05-03
In a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-04-04
In a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-04-04
In a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-04-04