Hairy woodpecker

(Picoides villosus)

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Description

Adults are mainly black on the upper parts and wings,with a white or pale back and white spotting on the wings;the throat and belly vary from white to sooty brown,depending on subspecies.There is a white bar above and one below the eye.They have a black tail with white outer feathers.Adult males have a red patch or two side-by-side patches on the back of the head;juvenile males have red or rarely orange-red on the crown

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Picidae
Genus:Picoides
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