Brown-backed Woodpecker

Dendropicos obsoletus - Pic à dos brun

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Picidés
Genus
:
Dendropicos
Species
:
obsoletus

Descriptor

Wagler, 1829

Biometrics

Size
: 16 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 18 à 25 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan and w Uganda south to s Cameroon and ne DRCongo)
Dendropicos obsoletus heuglini (e Sudan to n Ethiopia)
Dendropicos obsoletus ingens (s Ethiopia to Uganda and c Kenya)
Dendropicos obsoletus crateri (n Tanzania)

Foreign names

Pic à dos brun,
Pico dorsipardo,
pica-pau-de-costas-pardas,
Braunrückenspecht,
barnahátú harkály,
Bruinrugspecht,
Picchio dorsobruno,
brunryggig hackspett,
Brunryggspett,
ďateľ hnedochrbtý,
strakapoud hnědohřbetý,
Brunrygget Spætte,
ruskoselkätikka,
picot garser de dors bru,
dzięcioł brązowogrzbiety,
Буроспинный дятел,
ハイビタイゲラ,
褐背啄木鸟,
brunryggig hackspett,
褐背啄木,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest