Yellow-crested Woodpecker

Yellow-crested Woodpecker
Yellow-crested Woodpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendropicos
Species: D. xantholophus
Binomial name
Dendropicos xantholophus
(Hargitt, 1883)
Synonyms

Thripias xantholophus

The Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Dendropicos xantholophus), also known as the Golden-crowned Woodpecker, is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

References