African Piculet (Verreauxia africana)

Other Names (World)
African Piculet, Pygmy Wood Piculet, Pygmy Woodpecker(!)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda.

Southern Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic east to south-western Uganda (Bwamba Forest), south to north-western Angola (south to Cuanza Norte, northern Lunda Norte) and south-central and south-western Zaire; a few isolated records in recent decades from Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana indicate existence of a small population in forests of Upper Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

African Piculet (Sasia africana) [XC404379]
by Phil Gregory from Abrufo forest, Ghana (call)

African Piculet (Sasia africana) [XC119789]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Aboabo, Ghana, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in monotypic genus Verreauxia, but appears close to Rufous Piculet (Sasia abnormis) and White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for African Piculet (Verreauxia africana) - 10 files

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