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Downy Woodpecker |
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Picoides pubescens |
| Description: 6" A sparrow-sized woodpecker, black and white, with small red patch in nape on male, similar to slightly larger Hairy, short stubby bill, | Habitat:Common and widespread in deciduous and mixed forests, small woodlots, suburbs, orchards, gardens, urban areas. In the west, often found in willow and poplar trees along streams. May hang like a chickadee from small branches or leaves. Comes to feeders. |
| Nesting: 6-8 white eggs in a hole in a tree | Range: Resident across continent except for extreme southwest |
| Voice: a quiet pic!, also a descending rattle | Diet: Insects (75% to 85%); fruit, seeds, sap from sapsucker holes. |
| Notes: Downy Woodpeckers are more closely related to Ladder-backed Woodpeckers than to the similar looking Hairy Woodpeckers, smallest woodpecker in North America |
| When present in Oklahoma: present year-round throughout state, more abundant in winter |