The Downy Woodpecker
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Habitat
Downies take home in the United States and southern Canada. They have been
recorded at elevations of up to 9,000 feet. The downies are not deep-forested
birds, preferring deciduous trees. Open woodlands, river groves, orchards,
swamps, farmland, and suburban backyards are all favorite haunt ....
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Scientific Names
The downy woodpecker's scientific name is Picoides pubescens. There
are also six particular downies with six particular scientific names all from
different regions of the United States and southern Canada which I have listed
below:
southern downy / Dryobates pubescens Gairdner's woodpecker / Gairdneri pubescens
Batchelder's woodpecker / Leucurus pubescens northern downy / Medianus pubescens
Nelson's downy / Nelsoni pubescens willow woodpecker / T ....
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