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The striped woodpecker is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 35 to 39 g (1.2 to 1.4 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Adults of both sexes have a black forehead and crown, a blackish hindneck, and a generally white face with a blackish stripe back and down from the eye and a black malar stripe. Males ...
The downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America.Length ranges from 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in). Downy woodpeckers primarily live in forested areas throughout the United States and Canada, with the exception of deserts in the southwest and the northern tundra.
Black-bodied woodpecker: Dryocopus schulzii (Cabanis, 1882) 178 Lineated woodpecker: Dryocopus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) 179 Pileated woodpecker: Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 180 White-bellied woodpecker: Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821) 181 Andaman woodpecker: Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860) 182 Black woodpecker: Dryocopus martius ...
The northern flicker or common flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate.
The black-rumped flameback is the only golden-backed woodpecker with both a black throat and a black rump. [8] Leucistic birds have been recorded. [13] Two specimens of male birds from the northern Western Ghats have been noted to have red-tipped feathers on the malar region almost forming a malar stripe.
Woodpeckers love this kind of wood, siding. The Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management — a resource Moorman recommended — breaks down the materials woodpeckers prefer:. The birds love ...
Both sexes have a white supercilium, white cheek stripe, and white throat area, all separated by stripes of black, and they have a spotted black and white underside. [5] The bird is distinguishable from other similar golden-backed woodpeckers, such as the greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus), by its smaller bill and black nape, and ...
They have a white stripe behind the eye and a lower white stripe across each side of the head, a red chin and a bright yellow belly. They have black wings with large white patches. The female is completely different in appearance: mainly black, with a pale yellow breast, a brownish head with black streaking and fine barring on the back, breast ...