Sahelian Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus)

Other Names (World)
Sahelian Woodpecker, Little Grey Woodpecker, Little Gray Woodpecker, Least Woodpecker, Least Grey Woodpecker, Least Gray Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
11 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Oberholser, 1919

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan.

South-western Mauritania, Senegambia, and in narrow belt from central Mali east to central Chad and west-central Sudan and south to north-eastern Nigeria (to Aliya) and extreme northern Cameroon (south to around Maroua); possible presence between Senegambia and central Mali requires confirmation.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Little Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus) [XC511044]
by Bram Piot from Lompoul, Louga Region, Senegal (call)

Little Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus) [XC510537]
by id from Lompoul, Louga Region, Senegal (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sahelian Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus) - 10 files

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