Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Synopsis: Nests widely in cavities of deciduous trees, although perhaps becoming more localized in arid regions and in the southern Cascades. Most notable are the records from the higher Cascades, and from southern and central Malheur County.

Habitat Associations:
strongest
Red Alder (122247 acres)
Streamside/Wetland Shrubland (2171 acres)
strong
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (53780 acres)
Douglas Fir-Mixed Deciduous Forest (2934 acres)
Douglas Fir/White Oak Forest (196688 acres)
Ponderosa Pine/White Oak Forest & Woodland (163195 acres)
Aspen Groves (1052 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Mixed Deciduous Forest (197039 acres)
White Oak Forest (115577 acres)
Urban/Residential (589826 acres)
Edges of Cropland/Pasture/Orchard (5176902 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (27749 acres)
some
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (2836103 acres)
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (3883576 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (1334589 acres)
Northeast Canyon Grass & Shrubland (380338 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (1540167 acres)
Lake/Pond Shoreline & Islands (445550 acres)
lesser
Sitka Spruce-W. Hemlock Maritime Forest (391693 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (335554 acres)
Conifer Woodland on Serpentine Bedrock (51874 acres)
Coastal Lodgepole Forest (757 acres)
Douglas Fir-Port Orford Cedar Forest (166447 acres)
South coast Mixed Forest (2888 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Shrubland on Serpentine Bedrock (32403 acres)
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (373211 acres)
Coastal Headland Grass & Shrubland (1805 acres)

Relative Detectability: Fairly easy to detect and to confirm nesting.

Challenge: Determine if present more widely in Klamath and Deschutes Counties, and in the Blue Mountains.