Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos obsoletus) - HBW 7, p. 473
French: Pic à dos brun
German: Braunrückenspecht
Spanish: Pico Dorsipardo
Other common names: Lesser White-spotted Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus obsoletus Wagler, 1829, Senegambia.
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Species has also been included with other African species in Dendropicos, but probably more closely related to Asian D. temminckii, D. maculatus and D.moluccensis. S Ethiopian birds described as a separate race nigricans, but considered indistinguishable from ingens. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- obsoletus (Wagler, 1829) - Senegambia E to W Sudan and Uganda (E to Teso), S to C Sierra Leone, S Cameroon and NE Zaire.
- heuglini (Neumann, 1904) - E Sudan, N Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- ingens (Hartert, 1900) - WC & S Ethiopia, NE Uganda, W & C Kenya and extreme N Tanzania (Loliondo).
- crateri (W. L. Sclater & Moreau, 1935) - N Tanzania from Crater Highlands S to Nou Forest.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult
Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 4 February 2012 26 weeks ago 4 -
Male perched.
Locality The Gambia (ssp obsoletus)
Nik Borrow 10 January 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Female perched.
Locality The Gambia (ssp obsoletus)
Nik Borrow 12 January 2006 3 years ago 3.3 -
Feeding on tree
Locality Adi Quala, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 1 May 2009 2 years ago 2.8
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