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Campethera nivosa

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 or 4 subspecies:

• C. n. nivosa:

• Senegambia to Gabon, western DRC, north-western Zambia and north-western Angola

• C. n. poensis:

• Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)

• C. n. herberti:

• Central African Republic and extreme southwestern South Sudan to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, central Uganda, and western Kenya

• C. n. maxima:

• Known from two specimens from northern Ivory Coast

An additional subspecies canzelae along with maxima are generally considered invalid^[1]

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-spotted Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-spotted_Woodpecker

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