Downy Woodpecker

Taxonomy

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae

Genus

Dryobates

eBird Code

dowwoo

Subspecies (7)

• Dryobates pubescens fumidus

  southwestern Canada and western Washington (USA)

• Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii

  western Oregon to northwestern California (USA)

• Dryobates pubescens glacialis

  coastal southeastern Alaska

• Dryobates pubescens leucurus

  Rocky Mountains (southeastern Alaska to southwestern USA)

• Dryobates pubescens medianus

  central Alaska to Newfoundland and central USA (east of Rocky Mountains)

• Dryobates pubescens pubescens

  Kansas to North Carolina, southward to eastern Texas and Florida

• Dryobates pubescens turati

  interior Washington, Oregon, and California