Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae) - HBW 7, p. 469
French: Pic goertan
German: Graubrustspecht
Spanish: Pito Gris Occidental
Other common names: African Grey Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus Goertae P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Senegal.
Often placed with D. spodocephalus and D. griseocephalus in a separate genus Mesopicos, sometimes also including D. elliotii; forms a superspecies with the first two, hybridizing with them where ranges meet; often treated as conspecific with D. spodocephalus. Races intergrade. Proposed races agmen (tree-savanna belt from Gambia S to Liberia and across to EC Sudan), centralis (savanna from Cameroon to SW Sudan and W Kenya) and oreites (highlands of C Cameroon) all considered inseparable from nominate. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- koenigi (Neumann, 1903) - Sahel zone from EC Mali E to W & S Sudan.
- goertae (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - SW Mauritania and Senegambia E to S Sudan and W & C Kenya, and S to NE Zaire, Rwanda and NW Tanzania.
- abessinicus (Reichenow, 1900) - E Sudan and N & W Ethiopia.
- meridionalis Louette & Prigogine, 1982 - S Gabon to NW Angola (Cabinda, possibly S to Malanje), and SC Zaire.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female feeding on a dead branch and showing its long tongue Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp goertae)
Dave Jackson 17 November 2006 4 years ago 15 sec 5 -
male bird looking for food Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp goertae)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 January 2012 14 weeks ago 1 min 4 sec 4.4 -
A male going up in a tree Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp goertae)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 38 sec 4.3 -
serching for food and flying away Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp goertae)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 December 2011 18 weeks ago 32 sec 4.1 -
in a tree inside a vilage Locality Lukaya, Uganda (ssp goertae)
Daniêl Jimenez 12 September 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 4 -
A female Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 21 sec 4
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A male.
Locality Balaba Nature Camp, Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 44 weeks ago 4.6 -
A Male. Part of a family group.
Locality Balaba Nature Camp, Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 44 weeks ago 4.2 -
In front of nesting site
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia (ssp abessinicus)
Holger Meinig 4 April 2011 51 weeks ago 3.5 -
adult
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Hervé MICHEL 1 November 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Bird
Locality Gambo Rural Hospital, Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 September 2009 1 year ago 1.8
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