Minnesota Seasons - Hairy Woodpecker

Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy


Conservation Status
IUCN Red List	LC - Least Concern
NatureServe	N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked
Minnesota	not listed

Photo by Luciearl

Description

Size

8″ to 9½″ in length

15″ wingspan

Voice

Similar Species

Habitat

Deciduous and mixed forests, usually in dense, mature stands with conifers

Ecology

Migration

Nesting

Food

Distribution

Occurrence

Common year-round resident

Maps

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map


Taxonomy
Class	Aves (birds)
Order	Piciformes (woodpeckers, barbets, toucans, and honeyguides)
Family	Picidae (woodpeckers)
Subfamily	Picinae
Genus	Leuconotopicus

Hairy Woodpecker was formerly classified as Picoides villosus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2015 showed that the genus Picoides was not properly restricted (not monophyletic). Hairy Woodpecker and five other species were moved to the genus Leuconotopicus.

Subordinate Taxa
American Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus septentrionalis) Cabanis’s Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus hyloscopus) Chihuahua Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus icastus) Eastern Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus villosus) Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus jardinii) Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus maynardi) Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus piger) Harris’s Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus harrisi) Mexican Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus sanctorum) Newfoundland Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus terraenovae) Queen Charlotte Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus picoideus) Sierra Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus orius) Sitka Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus sitkensis) Southern Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus auduboni)

Synonyms
Dendrocopos villosus Dryobates villosus Picoides villosus


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Gregory Gilman

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Female ripping bark from fallen tree

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Hairy Woodpeckers
Andree Reno Sanborn

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Leuconotopicus villosus

They are the big ones. H for Hairy comes after D for Downy in the alphabet, and that's how I remember!

Hairy Woodpecker
Allen Chartier

Hairy
Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Hairy Woodpecker
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Wait for it! (Leuconotopicus villosus)
PIBM

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Published on May 4, 2013

A wood pecker creating his/her nest.

Hairy Woodpecker "Leuconotopicus villosus" video with Canon PowerShot XS 30 IS
Nora Yogis

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Uploaded on Jun 1, 2011

No description available.

hairy woodpecker powell river bc
Rod Innes

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Uploaded on Apr 16, 2011

the hairy woodpecker filmed in powell river bc, latin name ''dendrocopos villosus''

a medium sized woodpecker ''habitate forests of all kinds and backyards, orchards .

and likes birch trees for the sap after the sapsucker drills the holes

Junco & Hairy Woodpecker
Birdchick

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Uploaded on Oct 8, 2009

Ah, our first junco to the feeding station. Winter is not far behind.

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