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GrasslandCavity nestMedium · 158 g
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The campo flicker is about 30 cm (12 in) long and weighs about 150 g (5.3 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their faces; males have a red malar stripe and females a black one. Adults of both subspecies have a black crown and a yellow face with white around the eye. Subspecies campestris has a black throat and campestroides a white one, their only difference. Both subspecies' upperparts are brown with dull white bars; their rump is white with a few narrow dark bars. Their flight feathers are brown with yellow shafts. Voice: The campo flicker has a large vocal repertoire. Its song is a "rapid 'wicwicwic---'" repeated 10 to 12 times. Calls tend to be high, sharp, and nasal: "tih", "tir", or "wur". Pairs duet with a "high 'wicwicwic' immediately answered by low 'wucwucwuc'."
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When to see the Campo Flicker
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 Campo Flicker
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Campo Flicker
The campo flicker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.
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Easily confused with
Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochlorosThe green-barred woodpecker is 27 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long and weighs 80 to 178 g (2.8 to 6.3 oz).
Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosusThe golden-olive woodpecker is 18 to 23 cm (7.1 to 9.1 in) long.
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesThe gilded flicker is a large woodpecker of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including all of the Baja California peninsula except the extreme northwestern region.
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