Abyssinian Woodpecker - BirdForum Opus

Photo by volker sthamer
Menagesha Forest, Ethiopia

Dendropicos abyssinicus

Chloropicus abyssinicus

Identification

16 cm
Male

• Brown forehead
• Red nape
• Brown stripe through ear-coverts
• Brown malar stripe

Distribution

Female
Photo by peterday
Wondo Genet, Ethiopia, November 2013

Eastern Africa: found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Taxonomy

Some authorities place this species in Chloropicus.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Savanna and juniper highlands.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little known about their diet; they forage in trees.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Abyssinian Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Abyssinian_Woodpecker

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