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The Jamaican woodpecker is about 24 to 26 cm (9.4 to 10 in) long and weighs 92 to 131 g (3.2 to 4.6 oz). The sexes' plumage is alike except for their head pattern. Adult males have a whitish to buff forehead and are red from their forecrown to hindneck. Adult females have the same white to buffy white forehead but a gray crown with red only on the hindcrown and hindneck. Their upperparts are black with thin white bars that sometimes have a greenish tinge. The bars are widest on the rump and uppertail coverts. Their flight feathers are black with narrow white bars throughout.
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When to see the Jamaican Woodpecker
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Jamaican Woodpecker
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Jamaican Woodpecker
The Jamaican woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
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Easily confused with
Grey-breasted WoodpeckerMelanerpes hypopoliusLike Gila woodpecker (male has round red crown patch), but pale red on cheek; short black line over eye; much darker and grayer below and on head.
Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieriThe Guadeloupe woodpecker is a medium-sized, robust woodpecker species measuring 26–28 cm (10–11 in) in length, and with a mass of 86–97 g (3.0–3.4 oz) in males and 69–78 g (2.4–2.8 oz) in females.
Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchenThe golden-naped woodpecker grows to a length of about 18 cm (7 in).
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