A Downy Woodpecker or Hairy Woodpecker?

With all the resources online (AllAboutBirds.org, WhatBird.com etc) and my Reader's Digest "bird book" I still have trouble identifying certain birds. Please help me determine if this is a downy or hairy woodpecker.

Downy I think. Ibirds is a good I'd app by the way

It's a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Note the white wing stripes and red crown. The Hairy and Downy woodpeckers lack those markings.

Yep, female Yellow-bellied sapsucker.

i withdraw "downy" and go with yellow-bellied sapsucker ! lol

txcanon wrote in post #17489328
It's a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Note the white wing stripes and red crown. The Hairy and Downy woodpeckers lack those markings.

Beekeeper wrote in post #17489338
Yep, female Yellow-bellied sapsucker.

keeperseeker wrote in post #17489731
i withdraw "downy" and go with yellow-bellied sapsucker ! lol

Many thanks guys. You are all part of a great resource: Photography-On-The.net.

Is she on a palm tree? I think of Sapsuckers as northern birds.

Yes, it was on a palm tree at Markham Park Sunrise FL.

txcanon wrote in post #17489328
It's a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Note the white wing stripes and red crown. The Hairy and Downy woodpeckers lack those markings.

Beekeeper wrote in post #17489338
Yep, female Yellow-bellied sapsucker.

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Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are migratory birds which winter from the Mid-Atlantic coast to the Texas panhandle and southward into Central America. At this time of year many of them are still enjoying the Palms and other southern amenities. The first may already be shifting a bit northward.