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The white-throated woodpecker is about 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 69 g (2.4 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 latter has a wide yellow stripe above it.The female has red only on the nape but is otherwise the same as the male. Adults of both sexes have the eponymous white chin and throat. Their upperparts are bronze-green. Their flight feathers are mostly dark brown with pale cinnamon-rufous on the inner webs. Voice: The white-throated woodpecker's vocalization is a "hoarse/hissing 'sraa-sraa-sraa-" or drawn-out, hissing, lowered 'wheeeeee'."
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When to see the White-throated 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 White-throated Woodpecker
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-throated Woodpecker
The white-throated woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Stripe-cheeked WoodpeckerPiculus callopterusThe stripe-cheeked woodpecker is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long.
Lita WoodpeckerPiculus litaeThe Lita woodpecker is about 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long.
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