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 call

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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