A medium-sized woodpecker with a trim body, a short, sharp bill, rather long wings, and long tail.
Relative Size
Larger than a Downy Woodpecker, smaller than a Northern Flicker; similar in size to Hairy Woodpecker.


Measurements
- Both Sexes
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A medium-sized woodpecker with a trim body, a short, sharp bill, rather long wings, and long tail.
Larger than a Downy Woodpecker, smaller than a Northern Flicker; similar in size to Hairy Woodpecker.
Ornithologists recognize two subspecies: the widespread albolarvatus and the range-restricted gravirostris of the southern California mountains, which has a larger bill than albolarvatus.
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