Chilean Flicker
Colaptes pitius
The Chilean flicker is about 30 cm (12 in) long and weighs 100 to 163 g (3.5 to 5.7 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Adult males are dark slate gray from forehead to nape; the last occasionally has a hint of red. They are buffish from their lores around the eye to the nape with fine black or black and red spots on the malar area that show as a diffuse patch. Their chin and throat are buffish white with black spots on the lower throat. Adult females have a buffish malar area with no spots and never any red on the nape. Voice: The Chilean flicker's vocalizations include "long 'wic wic wic' series", a "whistled variable 'kwee', singly or in series", and a "week-a, week-a".
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Guatemalan Flicker
Colaptes mexicanoides
The Guatemalan flicker is 25.9 to 32.9 cm (10 to 13 in) long and weighs about 115 to 135 g (4.1 to 4.8 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage, differing only on the face. Females have a cinnamon "mustache" and males a bright red one. Adults of both sexes have a cinnamon rufous to rufous-chestnut crown and nape on an otherwise gray face, throat, and neck. Their back has wide black and light brown bars. Their rump and uppertail coverts are white with some black spots on the former and black bars on the latter.
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