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[[Image:28523Yellow-crested_Woodpecker_1_.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Shailesh+Patel|Shailesh Patel}}<br />Kakamage Forest, [[Kenya]], November 2006]]
 
'''Alternative name: Golden-crowned Woodpecker'''
 
'''Alternative name: Golden-crowned Woodpecker'''
[[Image:28523Yellow-crested_Woodpecker_1_.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Shailesh+Patel|Shailesh Patel}}<br />Kakamage Forest, [[Kenya]], November 2006]]
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''Dendropicos xantholophus''
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
25 cm (10 in)<br />
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Africa]]: found from south-western [[Cameroon]] to southern [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]], western [[Kenya]] and north-western [[Angola]]
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[[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==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
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Their diet consists almost entirely of insects such as ants and spiders, but particularly wood boring beetles and their larvae.
 
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects such as ants and spiders, but particularly wood boring beetles and their larvae.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015)
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#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
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chloropicus]]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 3 September 2021

Photo © by Shailesh Patel
Kakamage Forest, Kenya, November 2006

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

  1. 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/
  2. 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

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