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GrasslandCavity nestMedium · 108 g
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This woodpecker grows to a length of 24 to 29 cm (9.4 to 11.4 in) and weighs around 108 g (3.8 oz), with a range of 98 to 131 g (3.5 to 4.6 oz). It is one of the largest Melanerpes woodpeckers along with the Jamaican woodpecker and Lewis' woodpecker. The mantle, back, wings and tail of the adult are black, the flight feathers being brownish-black above and the underside of the wings being greyish-black. The crown, face, rump and underparts are white, sometimes with some buff shading.
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When to see the White 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 Woodpecker
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 2 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.
About the White Woodpecker
The white woodpecker is a South American species of woodpecker native to the wooded grasslands of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. It is a bright white bird with black wings and a distinctive small bright yellow eye patch. The IUCN has rated it as a "least-concern species".
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Easily confused with
Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenysThe golden-cheeked woodpecker is about 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 55 to 88 g (1.9 to 3.1 oz).
Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensisThe Puerto Rican woodpecker has a black body and a bright red throat and breast.
Yellow-tufted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cruentatusAn adult is about 20 cm (8 in) long.
Side by side: White Woodpecker vs Yellow-tufted Woodpecker · Golden-cheeked Woodpecker vs White Woodpecker · Puerto Rican Woodpecker vs White Woodpecker
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