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The black-bodied woodpecker is 29 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long. Both sexes have a long pointed crest. Adult males have a red forehead and crest. They have gray ear coverts, a very thin and short white stripe behind the eye, a white stripe from the lores to under the ear coverts and continuing down the side of the neck, a red malar stripe with a bit of black at its back end, and a white chin. Adult females have a black malar stripe and a blackish lower forehead but are otherwise the same as males. Adults of both sexes have a black throat and hindneck and are mostly black below the neck.
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When to see the Black-bodied Woodpecker
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-bodied Woodpecker
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-bodied Woodpecker
The black-bodied woodpecker is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
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Easily confused with
Andaman WoodpeckerDryocopus hodgeiThe Andaman woodpecker is around 38 cm (15 in) long and weighs between 156–255 g (5.5–9.0 oz).
White-bellied WoodpeckerDryocopus javensisThis species is one of the largest living species of woodpecker.
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusThe lineated woodpecker is 31.5 to 36 cm (12.4 to 14.2 in) long.
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