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Definition of Downy woodpecker
1. Noun. Small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downy Woodpecker
Literary usage of Downy woodpecker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Like Harris Woodpecker, but with the flanks streaked and the middle of the back
spotted with blackish. 394. Southern downy woodpecker. ..."
2. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"The downy woodpecker is the champion tree-protector, and also one of the greatest
... Testimony in favor of the downy woodpecker has come from New York, ..."
3. The Architecture of Birds by James Rennie (1833)
"... she keeps an eye upon the operations of the downy woodpecker (Picus pubescens),
whom nature has furnished with a chisel-bill fit for digging into wood. ..."
4. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction: Submitting Outline Plan by Virginia Dept. of public instruction (1911)
"Bicknell says of its voice: i'1n addition to its usual short, sharp note the
downy woodpecker has a rattling cry which starts and ends with an abrupt ..."
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