🐦Downy Woodpecker
Der Dunenspecht (Dryobates pubescens, Syn.: Picoides pubescens) aus der Unterfamilie der Echten Spechte (Picinae) ist der kleinste nordamerikanische Specht. Die in Nordamerika weit verbreitete Art ist sehr nahe mit dem Texasspecht (Dryobates scalaris) und mit dem Nuttallspecht (Dryobates nuttallii) verwandt. Linnés Erstbeschreibung lagen Zeichnungen und Beschreibungen von Mark Catesby zugrunde, der dieser Art auch ihren englischen Namen Downy Woodpecker gab. Wahrscheinlich war das flauschige, weiße Gefiederareal am mittleren Rücken für diese Namensgebung ausschlaggebend. Dunenspechte kommen in unterschiedlichsten Habitaten von der arktischen Baumtundra bis zu immergrünen, subtropischen Sumpflandschaften an der Golfküste und flussbegleitenden Gehölzen in semiariden Gebieten Südwestkaliforniens und Arizonas vor. Sie nisten meist in selbstgezimmerten Höhlen und ernähren sich vornehmlich von Insekten. Laut IUCN ist die Art ungefährdet.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.03 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Downy Woodpecker
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.03 kgAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tail length0.06 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.09 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWoodlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Downy Woodpecker yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPiciformes
- ›familyPicidae
- ›genusDryobates
- ›speciesDryobates pubescens
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPiciformes
- familyPicidae
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPiciformes
- familyPicidae
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