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What the Ladder-backed Woodpecker sounds like
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The ladder-backed woodpecker is a small woodpecker about 16.5 to 19 cm (6½ to 7½ inches) in length. It is primarily colored black and white, with a barred pattern on its back and wings resembling the rungs of a ladder. Its rump is speckled with black, as are its cream-colored underparts on the breast and flanks. Southern populations have duskier buff breasts and distinctly smaller bills. Adult males have a red crown patch that is smaller in immatures and lacking in adult females.
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When to see the Ladder-backed Woodpecker
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ladder-backed Woodpecker
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ladder-backed Woodpecker
The ladder-backed woodpecker is a North American woodpecker.
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Easily confused with
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiNuttall's woodpecker has striped black and white patterned wings and tail feathers with white.
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorThis is the smallest European woodpecker, with adults being 14 to 16.5 cm (5.5 to 6.5 in) long with a wing span of 24 to 29 cm (9.4 to 11.4 in) and weighing 17 to 25 g (0.60 to 0.88 oz).
Crimson-naped WoodpeckerDryobates cathphariusThe mantle, back and wings are black, with some white spotting and light barring on the wings and one larger white patch.
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