Species · Alaska · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024
Black-backed Woodpecker Population Trend in Alaska
Black-backed Woodpecker in Alaska has surged: up 182% on the route-weighted index since 2000.
+182%Since 2000
18Routes In State
14Years
Notable Black-backed Woodpecker Trends in Alaska
long arc increasecomputed index
Black-backed Woodpecker has surged in Alaska: up 182% on the route-weighted index since 2000.
Black-backed Woodpecker Survey Routes in Alaska
| Chichagof Is | 4 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Seven Lakes | 3 | 2017 | 2017 |
| Circle | 2 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Mt. Fairplay | 2 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Tower Bluffs | 2 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Mud River | 2 | 2004 | 1996 |
| Northway | 2 | 2022 | 2015 |
| Ft. Richrdsn | 2 | 2007 | 2007 |
| Dillingham | 2 | 2017 | 2017 |
| Moose Creek | 1 | 2012 | 2012 |
| Birch Lake | 1 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Livengood | 1 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Slana | 1 | 2022 | 2017 |
| Chena Hot Spring 2 | 1 | 2007 | 2002 |
| Coldfoot | 1 | 2012 | 2007 |
| Donelly Dome | 1 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Hather Creek | 1 | 2003 | 2000 |
| Kalifonsky | 1 | 2022 | 2022 |
Black-backed Woodpecker Population Trend in Other States
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.