Banded Woodpecker vs Greater Yellownape

Banded Woodpecker

Chrysophlegma miniaceum

Medium97 gForest

The upper parts of the banded woodpecker are predominantly rufous-brown. The mantle is dull olive scaled with buff and the rump is yellow. The tail is chocolate-brown. The head is mostly rufous-brown with a shaggy yellowish nape. The chin, neck and throat are reddish-brown, the breast reddish barred with olive and the belly whitish, heavily barred with brownish-black. The sexes differ slightly; the male has a redder face and throat while the female's face and throat are browner, flecked with white. Both sexes have a dark beak, a chestnut eye with a bluish orbital ring, and greenish legs.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: fishhead · CC0

Greater Yellownape

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

Medium177 gForest

Large, olive green woodpecker with prominent yellow-crested nape and throat. Dark olive green with grey underparts. Crown brownish and flight feathers chestnut barred with black. Bill often looks whitish.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Shiv's fotografia · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Banded Woodpecker and Greater Yellownape.