BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Dryobates villosus picoideus
Hairy Woodpecker, picoideus subspecies
| Scientific Name: | Dryobates villosus picoideus (Osgood, 1901) | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Picoides villosus picoideus
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| English Name: | Hairy Woodpecker, picoideus subspecies | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1957. The AOU check-list of North American birds, 5th ed. Port City Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD. 691 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Subspecies | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Dec. 2025: Genus changed to Leuconotopicus from Dryobates aligning with Avilist taxonomy. June 2018: The woodpecker genus Picoides has been split resulting in the change in genus from Picoides to Dryobates for this species. This is based on the 59th supplement to the American Ornithological Society?s Check-list of North American Birds. Chesser, R. T., K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., D. F. Stotz, B. M. Winger, and K. Winker. 2018. Check-list of North American Birds (online). American Ornithological Society. http://checklist.aou.org/taxa |
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| Species Group: | Vertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | B-HAWO-PI | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5T4 (Oct 2019) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4 (Feb 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
| Provincial FRPA list: | Y (Jun 2006) | ||||||||||
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| Migration Characteristics: (Global / Provincial) | |||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
N / N / N / na / |
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Anthropogenic / Urban/Suburban / Facultative - occasional use
Forest / Conifer Forest - Mesic (average) / Facultative - frequent use Forest / Conifer Forest - Moist/wet / Facultative - frequent use Forest / Mixed Forest (deciduous/coniferous mix) / Facultative - frequent use Riparian / Riparian Forest / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Riparian forest. | ||||||||||
| Provincial Habitat Comments: | Habitat keywords copied from species record. | ||||||||||
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
| Length(cm)/width(cm)/Weight(g): | / / | ||||||||||
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| Distribution | |||||||||||
| Endemic: | Y | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | This subspecies is endemic to British Columbia, where it is restricted to land area of Haida Gwaii (10,000 km2) including many offshore forested islands. | ||||||||||
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| Last Updated: | Aug 02, 1997 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Campbell, R.W., N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, et al. 1990b. The Birds of British Columbia Vol. 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal Birds of Prey through Woodpeckers. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 1997. Species Summary: Dryobates villosus picoideus. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 10, 2026).