Birds of the World

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Dendropicos (12 species)


Abyssinian Woodpecker
Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus) Male
Range: AF: montane c Eritrea and c Ethiopia
Harenna Forest, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Little Grey Woodpecker
Little Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus)
Range: AF: s Mauritania and n Senegal; Mali to w Sudan
Waza, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Elliot's Woodpecker (Dendropicos elliotii)
Range: AF: c, wc
 



Cardinal Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens) Male
Range: AF: widespread
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Cardinal Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens) Female
Range: AF: widespread
Johannesburg, South Africa
  Note lack of red on the female.
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Gabon Woodpecker (Dendropicos gabonensis)
Range: AF: s Nigeria, to DR Congo, n Angola and w Uganda
 



African Grey Woodpecker
African Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae centralis)
Range: AF: Mauritania and Senegal to w Ethiopia to nw Tanzania, s Gabon, nw Angola and sc DR Congo
Tarangire National Park, Manyara, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Allan Hopkins     Copyright and usage info


Olive Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus griseocephalus)
Range: AF: s, sc
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Melancholy Woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris)
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to sw Nigeria
 



Brown-backed Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus)
Range: AF: ec, c, w
The Gambia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendropicos poecilolaemus) Male
Range: AF: Cameroon to Uganda, w Kenya and Rwanda
Bigodi Wetland, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendropicos poecilolaemus) Female
Range: AF: Cameroon to Uganda, w Kenya and Rwanda
Bigodi Wetland, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Eastern Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus rhodeogaster) Male
Range: AF: Highlands of nc Tanzania and c Kenya to e Sudan and c Ethiopia
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Eastern Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus spodocephalus) Female
Range: AF: Highlands of nc Tanzania and c Kenya to e Sudan and c Ethiopia
Lake Awassa, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Stierling's Woodpecker
Stierling's Woodpecker (Dendropicos stierlingi) Male Near Threatened
Range: AF: s Tanzania, s Malawi and nw Mozambique
Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, Malawi  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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