Downy Woodpecker

About this species

This species has 19,070,989 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (85.5%) and Canada (14.5%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.5% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Dryobates pubescens combines the genus name Dryobates with the species epithet pubescens. The Warbla app catalog lists 25 species of the genus Dryobates; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dryobates villosus, Dryobates nuttallii and Dryobates scalaris.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 47.6 times the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Picidae

• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Pileated woodpecker
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• European Green Woodpecker
• Acorn Woodpecker

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org