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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
11/05/2024 02:02:49 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Golden-crowned Woodpecker*
Id (Atlas):
Dendropicos xantholophus
Description (10 )
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
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Other Scientific Names
Dendropicos xantholophus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Chloropicus xantholophus
Other Names (World)
Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Size
23 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Hargitt, 1883)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 2,150 m.
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.
South-western Cameroon east to southern Sudan, western and central Uganda and extreme western Kenya, and south to north-western Angola and south-western and south-central Zaire; unconfirmed sight records from Nigeria thought to be unreliable.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
An excited 'kwilwikwi...'. A repeated slurred and burry descending 'kree'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)... )
Listen to XC739528
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus ) [XC739528 ]
by Gerard Gorman from Royal Mile Budongo forest, Uganda (drumming)
Listen to XC96967
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus ) [XC96967 ]
by Martin St-Michel from Budongo Forest, Uganda (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Fire-bellied Woodpecker (Dendropicos pyrrhogaster ).
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Golden-crowned Woodpecker see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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