Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus, 1766)    Synonyms: HAWO, Picoides villosus.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Piciformes   >   Family Picidae   >   Genus Dryobates   

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Common year-round resident throughout the state.

There are 564 records in the project database.

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Hairy Woodpecker in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). - Josh Emm.

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A Hairy Woodpecker in Howard Co., Maryland (3/6/2014). Photo by Annette Allor. (MBP list)

An adult male Hairy Woodpecker in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/18/2011). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/18/2011). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/5/2012). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Stella Tea, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stella Tea (stazandgazer) via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A male Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Stella Tea, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stella Tea (stazandgazer) via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/11/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/25/2009). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A male Hairy Woodpecker in flight over Cecil Co., Maryland (8/19/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/6/2020). (c) pablo vidal-ribas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by pablo_vidal-ribas via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/31/2022). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/31/2022). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/31/2022). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/21/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/21/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/21/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/21/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A male Hairy Woodpecker (left) with male Downy Woodpecker (right) in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

An in-hand comparison of Hairy Woodpecker (left) and Downy Woodpecker (right) in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/4/1979). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)


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