Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
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The lineated woodpecker is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern Argentina and Trinidad in the Caribbean. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 2,623 times across 17 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in South America ranged from 22°S in April to 7°N in February, about 3,200 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
South America19 January 20262 March 20266 April 20262

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.