Olive woodpecker
| Olive woodpecker | |
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| D. g. subsp. persimilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Dendropicos |
| Species: | D. griseocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chloropicus griseocephalus | |
The olive woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
The olive woodpecker is native to central, east and southern Africa, from the Ruwenzori Mountains to the Western Cape. It is found in Angola, Burundi, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The species occupies a range of wooded and forested habitats from 450–3,700 m (1,480–12,140 ft).
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dendropicos griseocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 5.4. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ↑ Fuchs, J.; Pons, J. M. (2015). "A new classification of the pied woodpeckers assemblage (Dendropicini, Picidae) based on a comprehensive multi-locus phylogeny". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 28–37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.016. PMID 25818851.
External links
- Olive woodpecker - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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