Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)

Downy Woodpecker

Synonyms: Picoides pubescens

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Bird

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Piciformes

Family: Picidae

Genus: Dryobates

Species: Dryobates pubescens

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Dryobates pubescens