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  5. Woodpeckers and Allies
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  7. Dryobates Woodpeckers
  8. Downy Woodpecker

species 211,330 observations

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

96 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Eastern Poison Ivy, Black Cherry, Eastern Black Walnut, American Pokeweed 83
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits River Birch, Clustered Mountainmint, American Elm, Sugar Maple 13

Children

  • Northern Downy Woodpecker
  • Eastern Downy Woodpecker

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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