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What the Green-barred Woodpecker sounds like
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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.
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When to see the Green-barred 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 Green-barred Woodpecker
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Green-barred Woodpecker
The green-barred woodpecker or green-barred flicker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
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Easily confused with
Campo FlickerColaptes campestrisThe campo flicker is about 30 cm (12 in) long and weighs about 150 g (5.3 oz).
Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosusThe golden-olive woodpecker is 18 to 23 cm (7.1 to 9.1 in) long.
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.
Side by side: Green-barred Woodpecker vs Northern Flicker · Golden-olive Woodpecker vs Green-barred Woodpecker · Campo Flicker vs Green-barred Woodpecker
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