Species: Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

Information About

Downy Woodpecker

Quick Facts
Latin

Picoides pubescens

Iñupiaq

tuuyuq

Yup'ik

puugtuyuli

Subspecies

Viewing Scale

Chances of seeing Downy Woodpecker in Alaska

Downy Woodpecker in Detail.
About

Downy woodpeckers are primarily black and white, and closely resemble a hairy woodpecker. However the downy woodpecker is smaller in overall size and has a shorter bill.

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

Habitat of Downy Woodpecker in AlaskaHabitat & Range

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

Gallery

Pictures of Downy Woodpecker.