Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 51,689
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The hairy woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker that is found over a large area of North America. It is approximately 250 mm (9.8 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. The species was previously placed in the genus Dryobates.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hairy woodpecker”.