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Picoides pubescens
Downy woodpecker
Katmai National Park and Preserve
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Picoides pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Downy woodpecker
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Piciformes, Family Picidae, Genus Dryobates, Species Picoides pubescens


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 10 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Acadia National Park
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Alagnak Wild River
Anacostia Park	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Bandelier National Monument	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Buffalo National River
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cowpens National Battlefield	Crater Lake National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Denali National Park and Preserve	Devils Postpile National Monument
Devils Tower National Monument	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
El Malpais National Monument	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Washington Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Basin National Park	Great Falls Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Harmony Hall
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Jewel Cave National Monument
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	John Muir National Historic Site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenai Fjords National Park	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Kobuk Valley National Park	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lava Beds National Monument
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	Muir Woods National Monument
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks
National Capital Parks-East	National Mall and Memorial Parks
Navajo National Monument	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Noatak National Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Olympic National Park	Oregon Caves National Monument
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Oxon Run National Parkway
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Parashant National Monument
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Petrified Forest National Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pinnacles National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Prince William Forest Park
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Suitland Parkway
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valles Caldera National Preserve	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Vicksburg National Military Park
Voyageurs National Park	Walnut Canyon National Monument
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
White House	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wind Cave National Park
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park


Last Modified Date:	2/14/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/27/2025 9:21:22 AM

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