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ForestCavity nestSmall · 55 g
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The rufous-winged woodpecker is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 51 to 55 g (1.8 to 1.9 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Males are red from forehead to hindneck and very widely on the malar (cheek); the rest of its face is brownish green. The female's head is mostly brownish olive with red only on the nape and hindneck. Adults of both sexes have bronze-green upperparts. Their flight feathers are mostly cinnamon-rufous with much dark olive on the webs. Their tail is blackish with a hint of cinnamon-rufous on the outer feathers.
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When to see the Rufous-winged Woodpecker
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-winged Woodpecker
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Guatemala.
About the Rufous-winged Woodpecker
The rufous-winged woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-throated WoodpeckerPiculus flavigulaThe yellow-throated woodpecker is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 44 to 63 g (1.6 to 2.2 oz).
Golden-green WoodpeckerPiculus chrysochlorosThe golden-green woodpecker is 18 to 27 cm (7.1 to 11 in) long and weighs 55 to 91 g (1.9 to 3.2 oz).
Yellow-browed WoodpeckerPiculus aurulentusThe yellow-browed woodpecker is 21 to 22 cm (8.3 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 68 g (0.78 to 2.4 oz).
Side by side: Rufous-winged Woodpecker vs Yellow-throated Woodpecker · Golden-green Woodpecker vs Rufous-winged Woodpecker · Rufous-winged Woodpecker vs Yellow-browed Woodpecker
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