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Bird name:

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosusOrder: PICIFORMES Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Codes: Common Name: HAWO Scientific Name: PICVIL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178262

Head

Topo Map: Tree-clinging-like Head

Bill Shape: Dagger, All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown or gray-brown in hatch year and some early second year birds developing to red-brown in older birds.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Striped, Special (unique patterns or features), Malar or malar stripe
Crown Color: Black with red patch.
Forehead Color: Black
Nape Color: Black
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Topo Map: Tree-clinging-like Body

Length Range: 22-27 cm (8.5-10.5 in)
Weight: 71 g (2.5 oz)
Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color: Red, White, Black, Gray
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Black with white spotting with white patch on back.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Tree-clinging-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Rapidly beating wings., Undulating flight.
Wingspan Range: 38-44 cm (15-17.5 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: Black with three white outermost feathers on each side.
Under Tail: Black with three white outermost feathers on each side.
Leg Color: Black

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Hairy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker: Small woodpecker with black-and-white upperparts, white underparts. Head has red hindcrown patch. Face is white with black stripes.Tail is black with white outer tail feathers. Northwest birds have gray-brown breast, belly, and rump. Bill is long and black. Legs and feet are black.

● Song: "brrrrup", "kweek"

● Foraging & Feeding: Hairy Woodpecker: Diet consists of insects, especially gypsy moth caterpillars and pupae, spiders, nuts, seeds, and fruits; forages in trees, bushes, brush piles, and canes.

● Breeding & nesting: Hairy Woodpecker: Three to six white eggs are laid in a hole in a tree. Incubation ranges from 11 to 15 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Hairy Woodpecker: Downy Woodpecker is smaller, has proportionally smaller bill, barred outer tail feathers, and different call.

Flight Pattern

Rapidly beating wings., Undulating flight.

● Range & Habitat: Hairy Woodpecker: Resident from Alaska across Canada south throughout the U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico. Some northern birds migrate south for the winter. Preferred habitats include deciduous forests.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationFairly common

^MigrationSome migrate

^Weight2.5 Ounces

Tree-clinging-like Head

Tree-clinging-like Body

Tree-clinging-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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