Extreme eastern Uganda and adjacent highlands of western Kenya. Also central Angola, southern and south-eastern DRCongo, most of Zambia, north-east, western and southern Tanzania (southern from near Seast of L Victoria in western and from Songea and Liwale in south-east), Malawi and northern Mozambique (south to R Zambezi). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori) [XC349672]
by Rolf A. de By from Choma, Southern Province, Zambia (song)
African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori) [XC82637]
by Jelmer Poelstra from Wondo Genet, Ethiopia (song)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
emini Hartlaub, 1884 - Gambia south to western Guinea, north-western Sierra Leone and northern Ivory Coast eastern discontinuously to northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Chad (southern from Azoum/Chari confluence) and northern Central African Republic. Also southern Sudan, adjacent north-eastern DRCongo (north-eastern Uele) and extreme north-western Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota).
erlangeri Neumann, 1907 - Western and south-eastern Ethiopian Highlands. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota).
salvadori (Bocage, 1878) - Extreme eastern Uganda and adjacent highlands of western Kenya. Also central Angola, southern and south-eastern DRCongo, most of Zambia, north-east, western and southern Tanzania (southern from near Seast of L Victoria in western and from Songea and Liwale in south-east), Malawi and northern Mozambique (south to R Zambezi). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota).
xylodromus Clancey, 1975 - Northern and central Zimbabwe (Zambezi Escarpment and Mashonaland Plateau) and adjacent Mozambique (Manica platform south to R Save). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota).
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