Scientific Name: Picoides pubescens
| Abundance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| C | C | C | C |
Field Notes
- Small black and white woodpecker.
- Short bill.
- Black wings with white spotting on coverts and flight feathers.
- White back.
- White underparts Mostly black head.
- Broad white supercilium.
- Black nap, rump, and tail with white outer tail feathers, black bars.
- Adult male has red spot at rear of head.
Similar Species
- Hairy Woodpecker is larger with bill longer than head length. Unmarked outer tail feathers.
- Three-toed has barring on sides and back.
- Black-backed has black back and barred sides.
