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Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

Male, mainly black on the upperparts and wings, with a white back, throat and belly and white spotting on the wings. There is a white bar above the eye and one below. They have a black tail with white outer feathers barred with black.

Habitat:

Spotted at central Park, New York.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dryobates
Species: D. pubescens

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