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Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

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Description:

Male

Habitat:

Backyard

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Comments (5)
mary.gallo.m
Common name for downy woodpecker is "Picoides pubescens"
mpvettch
Downy woodpecker is not a scientific name it's a average name that everybody calls it.
Machi
I agree that it is a downy. You can compare the beak sizes http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/downy_woodpecker/id http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hairy_Woodpecker/id/
mpvettch
This is either a hairy woodpecker or a downy woodpecker,

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PublishedJune 9, 2014

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