Dendrocopus villosus, Hairy Woodpecker



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Status: The Hairy Woodpecker is a permanent resident of the state in the mountains and along the wooded streamsides at lower elevations. It is known to nest in both mountain and valley woodlands but more commonly in the former.

Records: The first known collection of this species in Utah ws by McCarthy in 1859. Ridgway reported specimens taken at Parley's Park, Summit County, in July and August 1869. Henshaw collected a specimen in Grass Valley in what is now Sevier and Piute counties on 10 September 1872. Many other records and specimens are extant in various collections.

Subspecies: Two subspecies have been recognized in the Utah population. A smaller race inhabiting the southern part of the state has been known as P. v. leucothoretus. However, Philips et al. and Rich were unable to separate this race from P. v. orius is especially well represented by specimens from Wayne, Garfield, Kane, and Washington counties. The larger race (P. v. monticola) occurs in the counties northward. Numerous examples of the itergradation between the two have been noted.

Hayward, C., Cottam, C., Woodbury, A., Frost, A. Birds of Utah, Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, Number 1, Page 121 Brigham Young University, 1976.