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 “ Unpublished Manuscript.