#1418 · 🐦 birds

Nuttall's Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Nuttalls Specht ·Dryobates nuttallii

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Nuttall's woodpecker ( Dryobates nuttallii ) is a species of woodpecker named after naturalist Thomas Nuttall in 1843. They are found in oak woodlands of California and are similar to the ladder-backed woodpecker in both genetics and appearance.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,425iNaturalist observations
weight 38.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
22,425 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 38 g.
Scientifically named by William Gambel in 1843 (183 years ago).