Yellow-crested Woodpecker | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Dendropicos |
Species: | D. xantholophus |
Binomial name | |
Dendropicos xantholophus (Hargitt, 1883) |
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Synonyms | |
Thripias xantholophus |
The Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Dendropicos xantholophus), also known as the Golden-crowned Woodpecker, is a species of bird in the Picidae family.
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.