| Cardinal Woodpecker |
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Alternate name |
| Dendropicos fuscescens |
Scientific
name |
| Piciformes
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Order |
| Picidae
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Family
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| 14-16cm
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Length |
| Forest, grassland, shrubland, savanna,
wetlands, parks, farmland and gardens in: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon. Central African
Republic, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe |
Habitat |
| 1(2)5 white eggs incubated by both sexes for
12-13 days fledge after 26-28 days. |
Clutch
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| Insects, larvae. |
Food
Diet |
| Singly or in pairs. Flies to base of
tree and works up. |
Habits |
| 610 |
World Number |
Least Concern |
Status |
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