Little Green Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa)

Other Names (World)
Little Green Woodpecker, Golden-backed Woodpecker, African Golden-backed Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Valenciennes, 1826)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

C�te dIvoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Senegal and western Guinea-Bissau eastern in coastal zone to central Ghana (Aburi region); extends inland to Mt Nimba (Liberia).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Little Green Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa) [XC347688]
by Brendan Sloan from Diemb\u00e9ring, Oussouye, Casamance, Senegal (call)

Little Green Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa) [XC705268]
by id from Coagri, Quinh\u00e1mel, Biombo, Guinea-Bissau (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Little Spotted Woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii). Hybridizes rarely with Little Spotted Woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii) in Ghana.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Little Green Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa) - 10 files

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