Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus) - HBW 7, p. 465
French: Pic d’Abyssinie
German: Wacholderspecht
Spanish: Pito Abisinio
Other common names: Gold-mantled/(Abyssinian/African) Golden-backed Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus Abyssinicus Stanley, 1814, Ethiopia.
Sometimes regarded as forming a superspecies with D. fuscescens. Monotypic.
Distribution: Ethiopian Highlands, from upper R Anseber in Eritrea E to Harar region and S to Alata.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female interrupting briefly the building of its nest, leaving the hole visible. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 7 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A female creeping and feeding Locality Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 3 December 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A female feeding on a branch Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 8 April 2002 5 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A male in a tree. Locality Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 7 years ago 12 sec 4.2 -
A female building its nest, cleaning wood chips out of the hole. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 7 years ago 33 sec 4.1 -
A female building its nest in a trunk, at about 8 m up. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 7 years ago 48 sec 4
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Female perched
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 21 November 2012 25 weeks ago 4 -
An abyssinian woodpecker in a rubber tree
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Frank Sandvoss 6 March 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
A male seen from a distance.
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 3 November 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
Female on tree seen from below
Locality Filfil Forest, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 26 January 2009 2 years ago 2.6 -
A long shot
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 4 February 2010 2 years ago 2.6 -
Male Abyssinian Woodpecker inspecting nest hole.
Locality Filfil Forest, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 26 January 2009 2 years ago 2.2
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