Information About

Downy Woodpecker

SpeciesDowny Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

Latin:
  • Picoides pubescens
Iñupiaq:
  • tuuyuq
Yup'ik:
  • puugtuyuli
Subspecies:
Viewing Scale:
  • Chances of seeing Downy Woodpecker in Alaska
About Downy Woodpecker

What Downy Woodpecker Eat

Downy woodpeckers primarily eat insects, but will also eat seeds and berries. They will eat from bird feeders and will eat black sunflower seeds.

Downy Woodpecker Habitat & Range
Habitat of Downy Woodpecker in Alaska

They range through much of Alaska south of the Brooks Range and east of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.

Downy Woodpecker Gallery