Step 2 of 3
What kind of young animal?
Young animals differ more than adults do. A fledgling on the ground is fine; a nestling on the ground is not.
Which animal is it?
- Downy woodpeckerDryobates pubescensChoose
- Hairy woodpeckerDryobates villosusChoose
- Northern flickerColaptes auratusChoose
- Pileated woodpeckerDryocopus pileatusChoose
- Red-bellied woodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusChoose
- Red-cockaded woodpeckerDryobates borealisChoose
- Red-headed woodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusChoose
- Yellow-bellied sapsuckerSphyrapicus variusChoose
All groups / Woodpeckers
- Mammals (75)
- Opossums (1)
- Armadillos (1)
- Bats (16)
- Rabbits and hares (4)
- Squirrels, chipmunks and marmots (6)
- Mice, rats and voles (17)
- Beavers and other large rodents (4)
- Shrews and moles (10)
- Foxes, coyotes and wolves (3)
- Wild cats (1)
- Bears (1)
- Raccoons and relatives (1)
- Weasels, otters and badgers (3)
- Skunks (2)
- Deer and other hoofed mammals (2)
- Seals, whales and manatees (3)
- Birds (325)
- Songbirds (139)
- Crows, jays and ravens (4)
- Doves and pigeons (5)
- Hummingbirds (3)
- Swifts (1)
- Cuckoos (2)
- Nightjars and nighthawks (3)
- Woodpeckers (8)
- Kingfishers (1)
- Hawks, eagles and falcons (14)
- Owls (5)
- Vultures (2)
- Ducks, geese and swans (30)
- Loons and grebes (6)
- Pelicans, cormorants and anhingas (5)
- Herons, egrets, ibises, storks and cranes (18)
- Rails, coots and gallinules (7)
- Shorebirds, gulls and seabirds (68)
- Turkeys, quail and grouse (4)
- Reptiles (92)
- Amphibians (93)
- Fish (396)
- Sunfish, bass and crappies (32)
- Perch, walleye and darters (51)
- Minnows, shiners and carp (79)
- Suckers, redhorses and buffalo (21)
- Catfish and madtoms (18)
- Gars, bowfin and sturgeons (7)
- Pickerels and mudminnows (3)
- Topminnows, killifish and mosquitofish (20)
- Trout (3)
- Herrings, shad, anchovies and silversides (19)
- Eels and lampreys (12)
- Pygmy sunfish, sculpins and other freshwater fish (14)
- Sharks (16)
- Rays, skates and guitarfish (11)
- Drums, croakers and seatrout (15)
- Flounders and soles (9)
- Jacks, mackerel and other open-water fish (20)
- Sea bass, porgies and reef fish (14)
- Mullet and mojarras (4)
- Puffers and burrfish (3)
- Toadfish, searobins and other bottom fish (9)
- Gobies, blennies, pipefish and seahorses (16)