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Wednesday 16th June 2010, 09:20
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East Africa is the bird paradise!
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Grey / African Grey-headed Woodpecker
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I thought African Grey-headed Woodpecker (D. spodocephalus) was just the Eastern population of Grey (D. goertae) but I discover in Birds of Africa South of the sahara (the only field guide I've with me now) than both occur in East Africa but in different habitat. The bird I saw in Bogoria have wide red belly, is golden-backed and plain faced like Grey-headed, but well barred on wings and occur in savannas... so? Thanks
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Wednesday 16th June 2010, 12:06
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Hi Valery
The red belly makes these birds ssp rhodeogaster which is thought by some to be conspecific with the Ethiopian form spodocephalus, and is known as Grey-headed. That's what Fanshawe & Stevenson states Ads
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Monday 21st June 2010, 21:26
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Hope nobody minds me putting in an additional question: the only previous gallery image appears to show the other subspecies?: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/sho...p?photo=225089 Is that correct?
thanks Niels
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