Woodpeckers in Delaware
Our list for Delaware has 7 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Delaware in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 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