Bearded woodpecker
| Bearded woodpecker | |
|---|---|
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| Female feeding at Hlane Royal National Park, Swaziland | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Chloropicus |
| Species: | C. namaquus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloropicus namaquus (Lichtenstein, 1793) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thripias namaquus | |
The bearded woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Thripias namaquus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Bearded woodpecker - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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