Speckle-breasted woodpecker

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Speckle-breasted woodpecker
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Illustration of male,
female has black crown
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendropicos
Species:
D. poecilolaemus
Binomial name
Dendropicos poecilolaemus
Reichenow, 1893
Synonyms
  • Chloropicus poecilolaemus

The speckle-breasted woodpecker (Dendropicos poecilolaemus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae, which is native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Range

It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Dendropicos poecilolaemus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22680954A92887577. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680954A92887577.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.