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  Woodpeckers

Lewis’s Woodpecker

(Melanerpes lewis)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: lewo
Size: Medium

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Lewis’s Woodpecker


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Lewis’s Woodpecker at xeno-canto.org

Williamson’s Sapsucker

(Sphyrapicus thyroideus)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: wisa
Size: Medium

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Cabresto Lake
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs

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Williamson’s Sapsucker


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Williamson’s Sapsucker at xeno-canto.org

Red-naped Sapsucker

(Sphyrapicus nuchalis)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: rnsa
Size: Small

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Male   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Red-naped Sapsucker


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Red-naped Sapsucker at xeno-canto.org

Downy Woodpecker

(Dryobates pubescens)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: dowo
Size: Small

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   Rio Arriba County

   Orilla Verde
Photo by: Tom Jackman

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Downy Woodpecker


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Downy Woodpecker at xeno-canto.org

Hairy Woodpecker

(Dryobates villosus)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: hawo
Size: Medium

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County
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Hairy Woodpecker


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Hairy Woodpecker at xeno-canto.org

Northern Flicker

(Colaptes auratus)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: nofl
Size: Medium

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Male   Rio Arriba County

Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County
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Northern Flicker


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Northern Flicker at xeno-canto.org

Range data provided by Infonatura/Natureserve. Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Alnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005 Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1 NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA

eBird and CBC Graphs created with Google Charts: https://developers.google.com/chart

Data for CBC Graph: National Audubon Society (2020). The Christmas Bird Count Historical Results Online. Available http://www.christmasbirdcount.org November, 2020

Data for eBird Graph: eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: January 7, 2021).