Hairy woodpecker

species of bird

The hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) is a medium-sized woodpecker. It is found over a large area of North America.[2]

Hairy woodpecker
Male, eastern subspecies septentrionalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Leuconotopicus
Species:
L. villosus
Binomial name
Leuconotopicus villosus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Picus villosus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Picoides villosus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Subspecies

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Seventeen subspecies are recognised:

  • L. v. septentrionalis (Nuttall, 1840) – west North America from south Alaska to Ontario to New Mexico
  • L. v. picoideus (Osgood, 1901) – Queen Charlotte Island (off British Columbia, Canada)
  • L. v. harrisi (Audubon, 1838) – southeast Alaska to north California
  • L. v. terraenovae (Batchelder, 1908) – Newfoundland
  • L. v. villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) – southeast Canada, north central and northeast USA
  • L. v. orius (Oberholser, 1911) – south central British Columbia to southeast California and southwest Utah
  • L. v. monticola (Anthony, 1898) – central British Columbia to north New Mexico
  • L. v. leucothorectis (Oberholser, 1911) – southeast California to west Texas
  • L. v. audubonii (Swainson, 1832) – southeast USA
  • L. v. hyloscopus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) – west and south California, north Baja California (Mexico)
  • L. v. icastus (Oberholser, 1911) – southeast Arizona, southwest New Mexico to west Mexico
  • L. v. intermedius (Nelson, 1900) – east Mexico
  • L. v. jardinii Malherbe, 1845 – south central and east central Mexico
  • L. v. sanctorum (Nelson, 1897) – southeast Mexico to northwest Nicaragua
  • L. v. extimus (Bangs, 1902) – north central Costa Rica to west Panama
  • L. v. piger (Allen, GM, 1905) – north Bahamas
  • L. v. maynardi (Ridgway, 1887) – south Bahamas
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References

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  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Leuconotopicus villosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22681166A141046523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22681166A141046523.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Hairy Woodpecker Life History, All About Birds". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2024-04-09.

Other websites

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