Woodpeckers in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 8 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Brunswick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made