Syrian woodpecker

Key identifying features

1. 1

   Black malar stripe does not reach the black nape, so the white side of the neck stays continuous; in great spotted woodpecker the stripe joins and isolates a white cheek patch

2. 2

   Vent washed pale pink and blending into the dirty-white belly, not the sharply defined crimson of great spotted woodpecker

3. 3

   Outer tail feathers almost plain white, with black barring absent or very faint

4. 4

   Large oval white shoulder patches either side of a black back, rest of the wing ladder-barred black and white

5. 5

   Male has a red nape band, female none, juvenile a fully red crown

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