Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Woodpeckers and Allies :: Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa

Described by: Swainson (1837)
Alternate common name(s): Fine-banded Woodpecker
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda - Jan, 2006 © Tom Tarrant 
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Range

W. to c. Africa;
(1) S. Mauritania, s. Mali, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, s. Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo to Zaire.
(2) N. Ivory Coast.
(3) Fernando Po.
(4) S. Central African Republic, n. and ne. Zaire ex. s. Sudan, Uganda, w. Kenya and w. Tanzania s. to nw. Angola and sc. and ce. Zaire.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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