Species factsheet

Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens)

Order: Dendropicos fuscescens
Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Danish name: Kardinalspætte

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

lafresnayi

Senegal and Gambia to Nigeria

sharpii

Cameroon to s Sudan and n Angola

lepidus

e DR Congo to sw Ethiopia, c Kenya and nw Tanzania

hemprichii

n Ethiopia to Somalia and e Kenya

massaicus

s Ethiopia to w and c Kenya and nc Tanzania

centralis

Angola to w Tanzania, Zambia and n Namibia

hartlaubii

s Kenya to e Zambia and c Mozambique

intermedius

e South Africa to s Mozambique

fuscescens

nc Namibia to w and c South Africa

Photos

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