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- Pardipicus nivosa
Campethera nivosa
Identification
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 or 4 subspecies[1]:
- P. n. nivosa:
- Senegambia to Gabon, western DRC, north-western Zambia and north-western Angola
- P. n. poensis:
- Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
- P. n. herberti:
- Central African Republic and extreme southwestern South Sudan to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, central Uganda, and western Kenya
- P. n. maxima:
- Known from two specimens from northern Ivory Coast
An additional subspecies canzelae along with maxima are generally considered invalid[1]
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-spotted Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-spotted_Woodpecker
External Links
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