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Alternative names: Grey-headed Woodpecker (this name is more often used for the European species Picus canus); Mountain Grey Woodpecker

Photo by michha62
Bishengari lodge, Lake Lagano, Ethiopia, November 2008

Dendropicos spodocephalus

Identification

Variation: wide red on belly is a sign of the subspecies rhodeogaster.

Distribution

Africa: found in eastern Sudan, western and central Ethiopian highlands, western Kenya and northern Tanzania.

Taxonomy

Some authorities place this species in Chloropicus.

Subspecies

Dendropicos spodocephalus has two subspecies:^[1]

• D. s. rhodeogaster

• Highlands of western Kenya to north-central Tanzania

• D. s. spodocephalus

• Extreme eastern Sudan and highlands of central and southern Ethiopia

This species was in the past considered a subspecies of African Grey Woodpecker.

Habitat

Highland forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Eastern Grey Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Grey_Woodpecker

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