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ForestCavity nestLarge · 450 g
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With the probable extinctions of the imperial and ivory-billed woodpeckers, this species, at 45–55 cm (18–22 in) long and a weight of 360–563 g (0.794–1.241 lb), is the largest woodpecker in the world, though the northern Eurasian black woodpecker is nearly as large with some overlap in size. The average weight was claimed in one study as 430 g (15 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 21.5 to 25 cm (8.5 to 9.8 in), the tail is 13.4 to 16.2 cm (5.3 to 6.4 in), the bill is 6 to 6.5 cm (2.4 to 2.6 in) and the tarsus is 3.6 to 4.1 cm (1.4 to 1.6 in).
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When to see the Great Slaty Woodpecker
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Great Slaty Woodpecker
The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Bhutan.
About the Great Slaty Woodpecker
The great slaty woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. A unique and basically unmistakable bird, it is the largest confirmed living woodpecker species, behind the likely extinct imperial woodpecker and ivory-billed woodpecker.
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Easily confused with
Ashy WoodpeckerMulleripicus fulvusThe ashy woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.
Northern Sooty WoodpeckerMulleripicus funebrisThe northern sooty woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
Southern Sooty WoodpeckerMulleripicus fuliginosusThe southern sooty woodpecker is a bird in the family Picidae.
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