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Forest40 g
ID tip
A medium-sized, pied woodpecker with yellow in crown. White-barred (rather than spotted) black. Underparts, prominent black moustache extending to breast and black-streaked white underparts. Vent deep pink. In male forecrown brown, centre yellow, rear red with black rear neck. In female whole crown yellow.
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When to see the Brown-fronted Woodpecker
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown-fronted Woodpecker
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in China.
About the Brown-fronted Woodpecker
The brown-fronted woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It ranges across the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the lower-to-middle altitudes of the Himalayas. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan.
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Easily confused with
Arabian WoodpeckerDendrocoptes doraeThe Arabian woodpecker grows to a length of about 18 cm (7 in).
Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes mediusThe middle spotted woodpecker is 20–22 cm long and has plumage similar to the great spotted woodpecker.
Side by side: Brown-fronted Woodpecker vs Middle Spotted Woodpecker
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