- Brown-backed Woodpecker
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Brown-backed Woodpecker Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Dendrocopos Species: D. obsoletus Binomial name Dendrocopos obsoletus
(Wagler, 1829)Synonyms - Picoides obsoletus
The Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos obsoletus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Dendrocopos obsoletus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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