Alternative name: Golden-crowned Woodpecker
- Chloropicus xantholophus
Dendropicos xantholophus
Identification
25 cm (10 in)
- Brown forehead
- Blackish crown, with white specks and broad yellow tips
- Black nape and hind neck
- White lores
Distribution
Africa: found from southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon to extreme southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, central Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern Angola
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Placed in genus Chloropicus by Gill and Donsker.
Habitat
Large trees in lowland forest and frest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects such as ants and spiders, but particularly wood boring beetles and their larvae.
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/
- Winkler, H. and D. A. Christie (2020). Golden-crowned Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gocwoo3.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-crested Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-crested_Woodpecker
