This is a painting of three birds perched on a vertically positioned tree branch, with some small green and yellow leaves scattered around. The three birds display black-and-white plumage with yellow patches on their heads, and they have sharp black beaks. They perch on different areas of the branch, looking in different directions. The background consists of a dark brown landscape far below that fades into blue hills in the distance. Above the scene is a mostly gray sky with one patch of light blue in the upper right corner.
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device.

Black-Backed Three-Toed Woodpecker

painter Joseph Bartholomew Kidd (Scottish, 1808 - 1889)

artist after John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

1831/1833

Medium
pencil and oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 66.7 x 52.4 cm (26 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.) ; framed: 78.2 x 64.4 x 3.1 cm (30 13/16 x 25 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of E.J.L. Hallstrom
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art