Black-backed woodpecker
Black-backed woodpecker | |
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Male in Brunswick, Vermont, United States | |
Female in Quebec, Canada | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Picoides |
Species: | P. arcticus
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Binomial name | |
Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832)
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Approximate distribution map
Year-round
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The black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), also known as the Arctic three-toed woodpecker, is a medium-sized woodpecker (23 cm (9.1 in) long) inhabiting the forests of North America.
Taxonomy
The black-backed woodpecker was
Description
The plumage of adults is black on the head, back, wings and rump. They are white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars. Their tail is black with white outer feathers. There is an element of sexual dimorphism in the plumage, with the adult male possessing a yellow cap. Unlike all other woodpeckers except the related American and Eurasian three-toed woodpeckers, this species has three-toed feet.
Measurements:[6]
- Length: 9.1 inches (23 cm)
- Weight: 2.1–3.1 oz (60–88 g)
- Wingspan: 15.8–16.5 in (40–42 cm)
Habitat and breeding
Their breeding range is
Nest excavation occurs in April and May; a fresh nest is drilled each year into the sapwood of dead trees. Abandoned nests are used by other species of bird to nest in. The female lays three or four eggs, and
Vocalization
The call note of the black-backed woodpecker is a single, sharp pik, and is lower pitched than the call of the American three-toed woodpecker.
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America. Vol. Part 2. The Birds. London: J. Murray. p. 313. The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume did not appear until 1832.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Lacépède, Bernard Germain de (1799). "Tableau des sous-classes, divisions, sous-division, ordres et genres des oiseux". Discours d'ouverture et de clôture du cours d'histoire naturelle (in French). Paris: Plassan. p. 7. Page numbering starts at one for each of the three sections.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Black-backed Woodpecker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ ebird. "eBird Range Map--Black-backed Woodpecker". ebird.org. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Minnesota Breeding Bird Map List: Minnesota DNR". dnr.state.mn.us. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "TaxonomicListing". mibirdatlas.org. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Gillis, Justin (6 August 2017). "Let Forest Fires Burn? What the Black-Backed Woodpecker Knows (Published 2017)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023.
- Dixon, Rita D., and Victoria A. Saab. (2000). Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/509
- National Geographic's Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition; Describes call note
External links
Data related to Picoides arcticus at Wikispecies
- Black-backed woodpecker – Picoides arcticus – USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Black-backed Woodpecker Species Account – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- "Black-backed woodpecker media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Black-backed woodpecker photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
Picoides arcticus
(Black-backed woodpecker).