Family Picidae: Woodpeckers

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla (3) Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius (2) American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major (2) Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
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Last updated: August 19, 2007