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The dot-fronted woodpecker is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 40 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Males have an olive to gray-brown forehead ("front") with many white spots and are red from the crown to the nape with dark gray feather bases showing through. The female is olive-brown from forehead to nape with white spots throughout. Adults of both sexes have a mostly olive-brown face with a thin white supercilium and a thin white "moustache". Voice: The dot-fronted woodpecker "makes series of 8–10 'juíc!' or 'jíc!' calls, or a rather harsh 'wík!'."
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When to see the Dot-fronted Woodpecker
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dot-fronted Woodpecker
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Dot-fronted Woodpecker
The dot-fronted woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.
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Easily confused with
Golden-collared WoodpeckerVeniliornis cassiniThe golden-collared woodpecker is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs about 24 to 38 g (0.85 to 1.3 oz).
Bar-bellied WoodpeckerVeniliornis nigricepsThe bar-bellied woodpecker is 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 39 to 46 g (1.4 to 1.6 oz).
Yellow-eared WoodpeckerVeniliornis maculifronsThe yellow-eared woodpecker is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long.
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