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A medium-sized pied woodpecker with yellow neck sides. Black upperparts with large white, scapular patches and white barred flight feathers and tail sides. Male has red nape patch. White cheeks and long black moustache extending to upper breast. Black-streaked, yellow-buff below with red vent. Long bill.
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When to see the Darjeeling Woodpecker
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Darjeeling Woodpecker
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Darjeeling Woodpecker
The Darjeeling woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily in the Himalayas, and in some adjoining areas.
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Easily confused with
Stripe-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos atratusAdult length is between 21 and 22 cm (8.3 and 8.7 in).
White-winged WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucopterusThe white-winged woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
Okinawa WoodpeckerDendrocopos noguchiiThis is a medium-sized (31 cm), dark woodpecker.
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