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The chestnut-colored woodpecker is 21.5 to 25 cm (8.5 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 80 to 105 g (2.8 to 3.7 oz). Both sexes' heads are dull ochraceous or tawny with a pointed crest. Males are bright red from the lores to behind the eye and down to the throat; the chin and upper throat sometimes also have some red. Females have no red. Both sexes of adults have rufous-chestnut upperparts with a cinnamon-buff rump and black bars on the back and uppertail coverts. Their flight feathers are rufous-chestnut with some dusky brown tips. Their tail feathers are dull black with chestnut bases.
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When to see the Chestnut-colored 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 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
The chestnut-colored woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Easily confused with
Cream-colored WoodpeckerCeleus flavusThe cream-colored woodpecker is about 24 to 27 cm (9.4 to 11 in) long.
Chestnut WoodpeckerCeleus elegansThe chestnut woodpecker is about 26 to 32 cm (10 to 13 in) long.
Variable WoodpeckerCeleus undatusThe waved woodpecker is about 23 to 26 cm (9.1 to 10.2 in) long and weighs 61 to 87 g (2.2 to 3.1 oz).
Side by side: Blond-crested Woodpecker vs Chestnut-colored Woodpecker · Chestnut-colored Woodpecker vs Cinnamon Woodpecker · Chestnut-colored Woodpecker vs Yellow-crowned Woodpecker · Chestnut-colored Woodpecker vs Cream-colored Woodpecker · Chestnut-colored Woodpecker vs Chestnut Woodpecker · Chestnut-colored Woodpecker vs Variable Woodpecker
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