Brown-eared Woodpecker (Campethera caroli) [XC619161]
by id from Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Central African Republic (call)
Brown-eared Woodpecker (Campethera caroli) [XC613308]
by Peter Boesman from Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Central African Republic (call)
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies budongoensis (Uganda and western Kenya) inseparable from nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
arizela (Oberholser, 1899) - Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone to Ghana.
caroli Malherbe, 1852 - Benin and Nigeria (rare), and Cameroon east to south-western Sudan, Uganda (except north-east) and western Kenya (Kakamega), and south to north-western Angola, southern Zaire and north-western Zambia, western Burundi and north-western Tanzania (Bukoba).