Downy Woodpecker Images, Facts and Information:
Dryobates pubescens
- Downy Woodpeckers are the smallest North American Woodpecker. Downy Woodpeckers have black and white upperparts, white underparts, black tails with white outer tail feathers spotted with bars of black. Male Downy Woodpeckers have red patches on their hind crown, females do not.
- Downy Woodpeckers are not migratory although some northern birds may migrate further south and those in mountainous areas may move to lower elevations. They are found throughout most of North America to Central America.
- Downy Woodpeckers prefer habitats that include open woodlands, deciduous forests, parks, suburbs, and gardens.
- Downy Woodpeckers eat insects and seeds.
- Downy Woodpeckers lay 3 to 7 eggs which hatch in 12 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of woodpeckers can be called a “drumming” or “descent” of woodpeckers.
- Downy Woodpeckers can live to be more than 11 years of age.
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Immature Downy Woodpecker male on driftwood
Title: Immature Downy Woodpecker male on driftwood
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 6/27/2023
Immature Downy Woodpecker male in Arkansas
Title: Immature Downy Woodpecker male in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 6/27/2023
Young male Downy Woodpecker in Arkansas
Title: Young male Downy Woodpecker in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 6/27/2023
Downy Woodpecker in Arkansas
Title: Downy Woodpecker in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 6/25/2023
Downy Woodpecker with tongue sticking out
Title: Downy Woodpecker with tongue sticking out
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 6/25/2023
Young male Downy Woodpecker in an aspen
Title: Young male Downy Woodpecker in an aspen
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2022
Close up of an immature male Downy Woodpecker
Title: Close up of an immature male Downy Woodpecker
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/9/2020
Male Downy Woodpecker in a chokecherry
Title: Male Downy Woodpecker in a chokecherry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2019
Downy Woodpecker male foraging in a chokecherry
Title: Downy Woodpecker male foraging in a chokecherry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2019
Male Downy Woodpecker clinging to a chokecherry tree
Title: Male Downy Woodpecker clinging to a chokecherry tree
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2019
Downy Woodpecker close up
Title: Downy Woodpecker close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/1/2018
Male Downy Woodpecker at Farmington Bay
Title: Male Downy Woodpecker at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2014
Male Downy Woodpecker
Title: Male Downy Woodpecker
Location: Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Date: 10/23/2009
Downy Woodpecker at Capitol Reef National Park
Title: Downy Woodpecker at Capitol Reef National Park
Location: Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Date: 10/23/2009