Nubian woodpecker

Nubian woodpecker
Male in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Campethera
Species: C. nubica
Binomial name
Campethera nubica
(Boddaert, 1783)

The Nubian woodpecker (Campethera nubica) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is distributed widely in Central and Eastern Africa, from Chad in west to Somalia in east and Tanzania in south.

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