Grey-headed Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus)

Other Scientific Names
Dendropicos spodocephalus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Grey-headed Woodpecker, Gray-headed Woodpecker, Eastern Grey Woodpecker, Eastern Gray Woodpecker, Mountain Grey Woodpecker, Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Range (Guide)

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Eastern Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus) [XC300247]
by Hans Matheve from Negash lodge, Ethiopia (call, call and tapping)

Eastern Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus) [XC300243]
by Peter Boesman from Negash lodge, Ethiopia (call, soft calls)

Subspecies
Dendropicos goertae and Dendropicos spodocephalus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped and transferred to the genus Mesopicos following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Forms a superspecies with Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae) and Olive Woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus), hybridizing with them where ranges meet. Often treated as conspecific with Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850) - Eastern Sudan and western and central Ethiopian Highlands.
rhodeogaster (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) - Highlands of central and south-western Kenya and north-central Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-headed Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus) - 10 files

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