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The checkered woodpecker is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 30 to 37 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Adults of both sexes of the nominate subspecies V. m. mixtus have a blackish-brown forehead and crown, a blackish-brown hindneck, and a generally white face with a dark brown stripe back from the eye and a thin dark brown malar stripe. Males have some white or buffish white streaks on the crown and a red or orange-red nape. The female's nape is black where the male's is red and its crown is solid black.
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When to see the Checkered 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 Checkered Woodpecker
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Checkered Woodpecker
The checkered woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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Easily confused with
White-spotted WoodpeckerVeniliornis spilogasterThe white-spotted woodpecker is 16 to 19.5 cm (6.3 to 7.7 in) long and weighs 35 to 45 g (1.2 to 1.6 oz).
Striped WoodpeckerVeniliornis lignariusThe striped woodpecker is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 35 to 39 g (1.2 to 1.4 oz).
Red-rumped WoodpeckerVeniliornis kirkiiThe red-rumped woodpecker is about 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 42 g (1.1 to 1.5 oz).
Side by side: Checkered Woodpecker vs Little Woodpecker · Checkered Woodpecker vs White-spotted Woodpecker · Checkered Woodpecker vs Striped Woodpecker · Checkered Woodpecker vs Red-rumped Woodpecker
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