Nubian Woodpecker - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by volker sthamer
Yabello, Ethiopia, March 2012

Campethera nubica

Identification

23 cm (9 in)

• Red cap
• Red malar stripe
• Black-spotted white underparts
• Black upperparts with white spots
  

The female has red on the nape

Distribution

Female
Subspecies nubica
Photo © by obasanmi
Samburu, Kenya, February 2006

Africa
Western Africa: Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• C. n. nubica:

• Sudan to Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, north-eastern Zaire and south-western Tanzania

• C. n. pallida:

• Southern Somalia and coastal Kenya

Habitat

Riverine and open woodland; dry bushland and bushy grassland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet is almost entirely insectivorous. The mostly eat ants and termites with the addition of some other insects and spiders.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Kenya Birds

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Nubian Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Nubian_Woodpecker

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