Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Woodpeckers and Allies :: Cardinal Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens

Described by: Vieillot (1818)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda - Jan, 2006 © Tom Tarrant  Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Etosha National Park, Namibia - Aug, 2004 © Yvonnik Lhomer  Etosha National Park, Namibia - Aug, 2004 © Yvonnik Lhomer 
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Range

W., s. and e. Africa;
(1) S. Mauritania, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria.
(2) E. Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic to se. Sudan and n. Angola.
(3) E. Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
(4) E. Ethiopia to w. Tanzania.
(5) Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and n. Kenya.
(6) Angola to w. Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Namibia.
(7) Se. Kenya to the coast of Mozambique.
(8) E. South Africa (e. Transvaal, Natal).
(9) Zimbabwe and Botswana to s. South Africa (Cape Province).

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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