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Green-barred Woodpecker vs Northern Flicker

Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

Medium127 gForest

The 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). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Adult males of the nominate subspecies C. m. melanochloros have a black forehead and forecrown and a red hindcrown and nape. They are white from their lores around the eye to the nape with a red malar stripe below it; their ear coverts have a strong olive tinge. Their chin and throat are whitish green with black streaks. Adult females have red only on the hindcrown and nape; their malar is black with white streaks.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sonogram of the Green-barred Woodpecker
Recorded by Gabriele Magurno · Call · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Gonzalo González Mora · CC BY 4.0
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Medium131 gShrubland

Adults are brown with black bars on the back and wings. A mid- to large-sized northern flicker measures 28–36 cm (11–14 in) in length and 42–54 cm (16+1⁄2–21+1⁄2 in) in wingspan. The body mass can vary from 86 to 167 g (3 to 5+7⁄8 oz). Among standard scientific measurements, the wing bone measures 12.2–17.1 cm (4+13⁄16–6+3⁄4 in), the tail measures 7.5–11.5 cm (3–4+1⁄2 in), the bill measures 2.2–4.3 cm (7⁄8–1+11⁄16 in) and the tarsus measures 2.2–3.1 cm (7⁄8–1+1⁄4 in).

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sonogram of the Northern Flicker
Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Call · Blue Bell Campground, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: sussexbirder · CC BY 2.0

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