About the Golden-olive Woodpecker
The golden-olive woodpecker is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found from Mexico south and east through Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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The golden-olive woodpecker is 18 to 23 cm (7.1 to 9.1 in) long. Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Adult males of the nominate subspecies C. r. rubiginosus have a slate gray forehead and crown with a red border and nape. They are pale buff to whitish from their lores around the eye to the red of the nape. They have a wide red malar stripe and a pale buffy white chin and upper throat; the last has heavy blackish streaks. Adult females have red only on their nape, and their malar area has streaks like the throat.
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What the Golden-olive Woodpecker sounds like
Where the Golden-olive Woodpecker lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.
When to see the Golden-olive Woodpecker
Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochlorosThe 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).
Campo FlickerColaptes campestrisThe campo flicker is about 30 cm (12 in) long and weighs about 150 g (5.3 oz).
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesThe gilded flicker is a large woodpecker of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including all of the Baja California peninsula except the extreme northwestern region.
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