Arkansas, USA - Female Downy Woodpecker?? (1 Viewer)

[TravelinBirder21]

Hello,

I recently took a photo of the back of a bird with very distinct coloration. I believe it to be a female Downy Woodpecker but I wanted to get your opinion. Thank you for any help you may provide!

 

[THE_FERN]

Black and white warbler. Pattern wrong for the woodpecker. Woodpeckers have characteristic stiff tail feathers they use for balance. They are lacking here

 

[qwerty5]

Hello,

I recently took a photo of the back of a bird with very distinct coloration. I believe it to be a female Downy Woodpecker but I wanted to get your opinion. Thank you for any help you may provide!

It's a Black-and-white Warbler

 

[Butty]

Black-and-white warblers do creep about on trunks and thick branches rather like woodpeckers or nuthatches.

 

[TravelinBirder21]

Thanks for the help! Now that I see it in the bird book the warbler does look more like it!!

 

[Microtus]

Welcome to the Forum, TravelinBirder. That is a male Black-and-white Warbler you photographed, doing what it does.

 

[KC Foggin]

Looks to be a female Hairy Woodpecker

 

[foresttwitcher]

Looks to be a female Hairy Woodpecker

See above KC.

 

[KC Foggin]

See above KC.

Son of a gun!

 

[birdwatchershub]

Hello,

I recently took a photo of the back of a bird with very distinct coloration. I believe it to be a female Downy Woodpecker but I wanted to get your opinion. Thank you for any help you may provide!

There are actually 9 common Woodpeckers in Arkansas including the downy Woodpecker. Don't hesitate to check them out.