#1286 · 🐦 birds

Hairy Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Haarspecht ·Leuconotopicus villosus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Gavan Watson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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8. © Cole Tiemann · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Evan and Liam Houlahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

The hairy woodpecker ( Leuconotopicus villosus ) is a medium-sized woodpecker that is found over a large area of North America. 8 in) in length with a 380 mm (15 in) wingspan. With an estimated population in 2020 of almost nine million individuals, the hairy woodpecker is listed by the IUCN as a species of least concern. Some nomenclature authorities, such as the eBird/Clements checklist, place this species in the genus Dryobates .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 83,420iNaturalist observations
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).