Woodpeckers in Northwest Territories
Our list for Northwest Territories has 7 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Northwest Territories in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Aug
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