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Dendropicos elliotii

Photo by MarcellC
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, June 2010

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: Uganda, Rwanda
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• D. e. elliotii:

• South-western Cameroon to western Angola, Gabon, Zaire and eastern Uganda

• D. e. johnstoni:

• Montane forests of south-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon; winters to Bioko Island

An additional 2 subspecies (gabela and kupeensis) are not recognised by all authorities^[2].

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

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