Sexually dimorphic – male has red malar stripe that is visible by 14 days old
Approximate Hatch Weights:
<15g at hatching
~29g by 1 day old
~41g by 2 days old
~51g by 3 days old
~67g by 4 days old
~79g by 5 days old
~99g by 6 days old
~135g by 8 days old
~165g by 10 days old
~186g by 12 days old
~209g by 16 days old
~226g by 21 days old
~163-244g at fledging
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Common Name: Woodpeckers
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Naked
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Straight and pink to black
Foot Type: Zygodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: White
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video by Deborah Dorsey
Video by Deborah Dorsey
Video by Deborah Dorsey
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Video by Deborah Dorsey
Egg
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 63g
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 63g
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 63g
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 63g
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo by Kelsey Pleasants, Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3b24.jpeg)
Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~2nd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3b26.jpeg)
Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~3rd Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3809.jpeg)
Photo by Nancy Eilen
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/IMG_2368.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~4th Week - 166g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3e6f.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 166g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3e71.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 166g
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Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 166g
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Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 166g
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Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3aea.jpeg)
Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~4th Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~4th Week
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Photo by Deborah Dorsey
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_304f.jpeg)
Photo by Chris Powers, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3050.jpeg)
Photo by Chris Powers, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_304e.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center