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Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus Scientific name definitions

Junior A. Tremblay, Rita D. Dixon, Victoria A. Saab, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 4, 2016

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Distribution of the Black-backed Woodpecker. - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-backed Woodpecker.

This species may periodically irrupt south of distribution shown.

Recommended Citation

Tremblay, J. A., R. D. Dixon, V. A. Saab, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2020). Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), 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.bkbwoo.01
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