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What the Black-cheeked Woodpecker sounds like
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The black-cheeked woodpecker is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 42 to 68 g (1.5 to 2.4 oz). The sexes' plumage is alike except for their head pattern. Adult males have a golden yellow forehead and a red crown and nape. Adult females have a white to buffy white forehead, a black central crown, and a red hindcrown and nape. Both sexes have black around the eye that extends down the side of the neck and a white line behind the eye. Their upper back has black and white bars and their lower back and uppertail coverts are white with a pale buff tinge and sometimes some blackish bars.
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When to see the Black-cheeked Woodpecker
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-cheeked Woodpecker
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-cheeked Woodpecker
The black-cheeked woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found from Mexico south to Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisOne of the largest species of American woodpeckers, Lewis's woodpecker can measure up to 10–11 inches (25–28 cm) in length.
Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmanniiHoffmann's woodpecker is 18 to 21 cm (7.1 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 62 to 84 g (2.2 to 3.0 oz).
Yellow-tufted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cruentatusAn adult is about 20 cm (8 in) long.
Side by side: Black-cheeked Woodpecker vs Red-crowned Woodpecker · Black-cheeked Woodpecker vs Hoffmann's Woodpecker · Black-cheeked Woodpecker vs Lewis's Woodpecker · Black-cheeked Woodpecker vs Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
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