Lewis's Woodpecker Range Map
The Lewis's Woodpecker breeds from southern British Columbia to southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska south to south-central California, central Arizona, southern New Mexico and eastern Colorado. It winters from northern Oregon, southern Idaho, central Colorado and south-central Nebraska south irregularly to northern Baja California, northern Mexico, southern New Mexico and west Texas. The Lewis's Woodpecker inhabits open country with scattered trees rather than dense forests. Open or parklike ponderosa pine forests are probably the major breeding habitat. It is attracted to burned-over stands of Douglas-fir, mixed conifer, pinyon-juniper, riparian and oak woodlands but is also found in fringes of pine and juniper tree stands and in deciduous forests, especially riparian cottonwoods. It prefers areas with a good understory of grasses and shrubs to support insect prey populations and winters over a wide range of habitats, especially where oaks are present.

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