Woodpeckers in Massachusetts
Our list for Massachusetts has 7 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 6 residents and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Massachusetts in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–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