# Downy woodpecker in PP (90879)

- By: Rhododendrites
- Date: 2021-12-19
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downy_woodpecker_in_PP_(90879).jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/4/43/Downy_woodpecker_in_PP_%2890879%29.jpg/1920px-Downy_woodpecker_in_PP_%2890879%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) with a leaf on its bill in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. The downy woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker in North America -- smaller on average than a house sparrow.