#1257 · 🐦 birds

Downy Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Donsspecht ·Dryobates pubescens

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Matt Hunter · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Alexis Williams · CC BY 4.0
3. © Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Tom Murray · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Hamilton Township, NJ, USA:© javiehweg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Townshend, VT, USA:© Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Toronto, ON M4W 3X8, Canada:© kitsun3 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Edgewood, Florida, United States:© Mary Keim · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. New Jersey, US:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The downy woodpecker ( Dryobates pubescens ) is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 216,555iNaturalist observations
weight 28 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.
216,555 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 28 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).