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American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis Scientific name definitions

Junior A. Tremblay, David L. Leonard Jr., and Louis Imbeau
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 21, 2018

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Three-toed Woodpecker in North America. - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Three-toed Woodpecker in North America.

Distribution of the Three-toed Woodpecker in North America. During winter, individuals often move to lower elevations or to areas just outside of the breeding range. Extralimital winter observations are most frequently recorded south of the distribution shown, but winter irruptions of greater distances occur on rare occasions. See text for details.

Recommended Citation

Tremblay, J. A., D. L. Leonard Jr., and L. Imbeau (2020). American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.attwoo1.01