- Chloropicus namaquus
Dendropicos namaquus
Thripias namaquus
Identification
24–27 cm (9½-10½ in)
- Broad postocular and malar stripes
- White-spotted forehead
Male: red hind-crown
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, eSwatini
Taxonomy
Placed in genus Chloropicus by Gill and Donsker.
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- C. m. namaquus:
- Western Central African Republic to southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya, and from Angola south to Namibia east to Tanzania, to Botswana, central Mozambique, and northern South Africa
- C. m. schoensis:
- C. m. coalescens:
- Central and southern Mozambique to eastern South Africa
Habitat
Bush and open woodland with large trees.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects, beetles, larvae, spiders and geckoes.
Vocalisation
The call is a loud wickwickwickwick.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/77D82F60]. Retrieved 1 September 2021
- Kenya Birds
- What's That Bird
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bearded Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bearded_Woodpecker
External Links
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