Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusLeuconotopicus
- SpeciesLeuconotopicus villosus (Hairy Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Banff National Park
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Black-backed Woodpecker
Picoides arcticus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Hairy Woodpecker in Banff National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Hairy Woodpecker sighting in Banff National Park, based on 259 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Hairy Woodpecker in Banff National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Hairy Woodpecker in Banff National Park in our monthly data.