Stierling's woodpecker

Stierling's woodpecker
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendropicos
Species: D. stierlingi
Binomial name
Dendropicos stierlingi
Reichenow, 1901

The Stierling's woodpecker (Dendropicos stierlingi) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is tropical dry forests in the Eastern Miombo woodlands ecoregion. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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