Woodpeckers in Vermont
Our list for Vermont has 8 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 6 residents and 2 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vermont 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 villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 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