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The waved woodpecker is about 23 to 26 cm (9.1 to 10.2 in) long and weighs 61 to 87 g (2.2 to 3.1 oz). In the nominate subspecies C. u. undatus, both sexes' heads are light chestnut-rufous with a bushy crest; the crest is sometimes paler with black bars, and the ear coverts and the sides of the neck have black streaks. Males have a wide red band from behind the bill to the ear coverts; females lack it. Both sexes of adults have a cinnamon-buff chin and throat with black spots or bars. They have rufous-chestnut upperparts with wide black bars, though the rump is usually paler and yellower.
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When to see the Variable 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 Variable Woodpecker
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Variable Woodpecker
The waved woodpecker or variable woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut WoodpeckerCeleus elegansThe chestnut woodpecker is about 26 to 32 cm (10 to 13 in) long.
Pale-crested WoodpeckerCeleus lugubrisThe pale-crested woodpecker is about 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long.
Ringed WoodpeckerCeleus torquatusThe ringed woodpecker is 26 to 29 cm (10 to 11 in) long.
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