Illustration from Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia/Corbis
Cabanis's Woodpecker
Picoides villosus hyloscopus
Subspecies of Hairy Woodpecker
June 15, 1806, on the Lolo Trail, Idaho.
A robin-size woodpecker. Black and white, with unspotted white back and long bill; male has red head patch. Like most woodpeckers it has an undulating flight. Length: 9 in (23 cm).
A sharp, distinctive peek, louder than that of downy woodpecker; also a loud rattle on one pitch.
Deciduous forest; more widespread in winter and during migration.
Resident from Alaska and across Canada south throughout United States to Gulf of Mexico. Some northern birds migrate south for winter.
Both this bird and the Harris's woodpecker are better known today as "hairy woodpecker"—other names are more obsolete.
