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Modern name for the Red-Throated Woodpecker; Quarreler; Usi6agwe6e (1 Viewer)

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I'm reading R. E. Dunning's 1946 book on Zulu proverbs and calls for birds. He names the bird in question: red-throated woodpecker; Quarreler; Usi6agwe6e (Zulu name).
What is the modern name for this bird please?
 

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