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🐦Hairy Woodpecker

Leuconotopicus villosus (Linnaeus, 1766)

The hairy woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker that is found over a large area of North America. It is approximately 250 mm (9.8 in) in length with a 380 mm (15 in) wingspan. With an estimated population in 2020 of almost nine million individuals, the hairy woodpecker is listed by the IUCN as a species of least concern. The species was previously placed in the genus Dryobates.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendIncreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.06 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
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Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Hairy Woodpecker

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Body mass
0.06 kg
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Tail length
0.08 m
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Wing length
0.13 m
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Beak length
0.03 m
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Tarsus length
0.02 m
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Trophic level
Carnivore
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Habitat
Forest
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Lifestyle
Insessorial
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Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPiciformes
  5. ›familyPicidae
  6. ›genusLeuconotopicus
  7. ›speciesLeuconotopicus villosus
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  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. orderPiciformes
  4. familyPicidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPiciformes
  11. familyPicidae
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strakapoud americký (cs), Leuconotopicus villosus (de), Leuconotopicus villosus (es), Leuconotopicus villosus (fr), Leuconotopicus villosus (it), セジロアカゲラ (ja) … and 23 more languages
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