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Field Guide for all the Birds of North America


Downy Woodpecker (Pacific Northwest)

Banding Code: DOWO (1)

Pic mineur (de l'est) (pacifique)

Dryobates pubescens (pubescens,medianus,gairdnerii)

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Life, Habitat & Pictures of North American Woodpeckers

B L W W W Family Latin Name
6.75" 17.1cm 12" 30.5cm 0.95oz 26.9g Picidae Dryobates pubescens (pubescens,medianus,gairdnerii)

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The Downy Woodpecker (Pacific Northwest) is a sub-species of the Downy Woodpecker seen across North America. It is seen in the northwestern regions of the continent including on Vancouver Island. It has similar features and colours to the Hairy Woodpecker, which is seen in the same locations, although it is a smaller bird with a short and stubby bill.


References to Other Bird Sites:

Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.

ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.

I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify and understand our fine feathered friends.


Classic Collection of North American Birds

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