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When to see the White-winged Woodpecker
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-winged Woodpecker
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-winged Woodpecker
The white-winged woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. The white-winged woodpecker's natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Easily confused with
Okinawa WoodpeckerDendrocopos noguchiiThis is a medium-sized (31 cm), dark woodpecker.
Sind WoodpeckerDendrocopos assimilisSind woodpeckers are similar to Syrian woodpecker in appearance, but is slightly smaller (20–22 cm, versus 23 cm), with a thin moustachial stripe, and extensive white feathers on their back and smaller beak.
Stripe-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos atratusAdult length is between 21 and 22 cm (8.3 and 8.7 in).
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