Alternative name: Uganda Spotted Woodpecker
- Dendropicos poecilolaemus
Chloropicus poecilolaemus
Identification
15 cm (6 in)
Male
- Brown forehead and crown
- Red hindcrown and nape
- White ear-coverts and neck sides, with brown streaks
- Brown streaked malar stripe
Distribution
From extreme south-eastern Nigeria east to south-western South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, northern Rwanda, and western Kenya
Taxonomy
Some authorities place this species in Chloropicus.
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Forest edges and clearings and upland savanna.
Behaviour
Diet
They forage on dead trees for beetle larvae, caterpillars and ants.
Breeding
They excavate a hole in a tree for the nest.
References
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
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