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The rufous-bellied woodpecker ranges in length from about 19 to 23 cm (7.5 to 9.1 in). The male has a red crown while the female has a black crown, speckled with white. Both sexes have a black mantle and back, while the wings are black barred with white. The upper tail is black, with some white barring on the outer two pairs of feathers. The face is white and the throat and underparts are a uniform cinnamon or rufous. The lower belly is black barred with white and the under-tail converts are red or pink.
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When to see the Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 4 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 Taiwan, Russia, Mongolia, Hong Kong SAR China.
About the Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
The rufous-bellied woodpecker or rufous-bellied sapsucker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. This woodpecker has a habit of making a series of small pits on the bark of trees leading to its being considered an Asiatic member of the sapsuckers in the past. It is found along the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Manchuria, Ussuriland and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Easily confused with
Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensisA medium-sized, pied woodpecker reaching a length of about 24 cm (9 in).
Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analisA medium-sized, pied woodpecker.
Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensisA medium-sized pied woodpecker with yellow neck sides.
Side by side: Freckle-breasted Woodpecker vs Rufous-bellied Woodpecker · Himalayan Woodpecker vs Rufous-bellied Woodpecker · Darjeeling Woodpecker vs Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
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