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The robust woodpecker is 32 to 37 cm (13 to 15 in) long and weighs 230 to 294 g (8.1 to 10 oz). Both sexes have whitish upperparts with a pale buff or cinnamon tinge. Their scapulars and the wings' coverts and upper surface are black with small rusty-buff spots on the flight feathers' inner webs. The wings' underside is blackish brown with rufous-buff spots on the flight feathers. Their tail is black . Their underparts are buff to whitish buff with black bars that are narrower on the belly. Adult males have an entirely red head and neck with a small black and white spot on the ear coverts.
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When to see the Robust 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 Robust Woodpecker
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Robust Woodpecker
The robust woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Easily confused with
Magellanic WoodpeckerCampephilus magellanicusThe Magellanic woodpecker is 36 to 45 cm (14 to 18 in) in length.
Cream-backed WoodpeckerCampephilus leucopogonThe cream-backed woodpecker is 28 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long and weighs 203 to 281 g (7.2 to 9.9 oz).
Guayaquil WoodpeckerCampephilus gayaquilensisThe Guayaquil woodpecker is 32 to 34 cm (13 to 13 in) long and weighs 230 to 253 g (8.1 to 8.9 oz).
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