Woodpeckers in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 7 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly May–Jun
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