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Nutalls Wood pecker

Picoides nuttallii

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Description:

A small woodpecker confined primarily to the oak woodlands of California.

Reference Links:

Nuttall's Woodpecker, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithol…

Species ID Suggestions

Downy Woodpecker

PICIFORMES PICIDAE

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Comments (2)
HemaShah
@annorion, from what ever little I can see of this wood pecker it seems to be a Nutall and not a Downy. http://www.aves101.com/species_index/converting/nutalls_woodpecker.html
annorion
Little hard to see but thinking it is a downy woodpecker...

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