Black-backed Woodpecker
ACCEPTED RECORDS
RIARC Number, Vote (Accepted - Not Accepted - Natural Status Uncertain), # of birds reported; location; date(s); reporters (I = initial observer, R = report submitted, P = photograph submitted).
HISTORICAL RECORDS *
1959 1-Jan Carolina
1957 30-Oct Coventry
1957 20-Jan Perryville, South Kingstown
1956 8-Dec Bristol
1911 22-Feb Potowomut, Warwick
1905 25-Dec Barrington
Specimen, North Smithfield, near the turn of the century, date unknown
* Ferren, Richard L. “The Birds of Rhode Island – their seasonal distribution and ecological history. “ Unpublished Manuscript.