Nuttall’s Woodpecker Characteristics

Picoides nuttallii Appearance: Black forehead with a red cap;

white stomach; black and white stripes on wings
Size: 9” in length
A Nuttall’s Woodpecker can usually be
Call: A sharp high pitched “kweek”
found sitting in the variety of oak trees
Locations: Perches on trees throughout campus
on campus. They usually live in the
woodland or where there is an Season: Year-round
abundance of trees. Similar to other
species of woodpeckers, the bird picks o Native
insects, small bugs and seeds out of the
tree trunks and branches for food.

Sources
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Forum for Wild Birds