Stats

Lifespan: 4-15 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: North America
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

A medium-sized North American woodpecker with bold black-and-white plumage, easily confused with the smaller Downy Woodpecker. Males sport a small red patch on the back of the head and drum on trees to communicate territory rather than just to forage.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Leuconotopicus
Species: Leuconotopicus villosus