AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
(Picoides dorsalis - formerly Picoides tridactylus)

 
 
Formerly called Three-Toed Woodpecker, now split into two separate species - American Three-toed Woodpecker
and European Three-toed Woodpecker. Often found in areas of recent forest fires.
 
  American Three-toed Woodpecker       American Three-toed Woodpecker      
               
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American Three-toed Woodpecker
Hedbom Logging Tail, 7 mi. south of Floodwood, MN
January 2007 ©John Schwarz
    American Three-toed Woodpecker
Hedbom Logging Tail, 7 mi. south of Floodwood, MN
January 2007 ©John Schwarz
   
OTHER WOODPECKERS
(FAMILY PICIDAE)
       

          Acorn Woodpecker
          Arizona Woodpecker
          Black-backed Woodpecker
          Downy Woodpecker
          Gila Woodpecker
          Gilded Flicker
          Golden-fronted Woodpecker
          Hairy Woodpecker
          Ladder-backed Woodpecker
          Lewis's Woodpecker
          Northern Flicker - red-shafted
          Northern Flicker - yellow-shafted
          Nuttall's Woodpecker
          Pileated Woodpecker
          Red-bellied Woodpecker
          Red-breasted Sapsucker
          Red-cockaded Woodpecker
          Red-headed Woodpecker
          Red-naped Sapsucker
          White-headed Woodpecker

          Williamson's Sapsucker

          Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 
American Three-toed Woodpecker
(note charred forest)
GW Burn, Sisters, OR
April 14, 2010 ©John Schwarz
American Three-toed Woodpecker
GW Burn, Sisters, OR
April 14, 2010 ©John Schwarz
       
American Three-toed Woodpecker - female
GW Burn, Sisters, OR
April 18, 2010 ©John Schwarz
    American Three-toed Woodpecker
GW Burn, Sisters, OR
April 14, 2010 ©John Schwarz
 
  Black-backed Woodpecker American Three-toed Woodpecker  
  Side-by-side comparison of Black-backed Woodpecker (left) and
similar American Three-toed Woodpecker (right). Note absence of
white barring on black-backed.