Olive woodpecker
| Olive woodpecker | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Dendropicos |
| Species: | D. griseocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) | |
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, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 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. PMID 25818851. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.016.
External links
- Olive woodpecker - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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