Brown-backed Woodpecker bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsLesser White-spotted Woodpecker, Brown backed Woodpecker
Old latin name for birdChloropicus obsoletus, Picus obsoletus, Dendrocopos obsoletus, Picoides obsoletus, Ipophilus obsoletus
OrderWoodpeckers, toucans and relatives / Piciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers / Picidae
GenusDendropicos
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionec, c, w

Brown-backed Woodpecker bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Drumming, © Joost van Bruggen
    Gambia
  • 2.
    Call, © Valentijn Hermans
    Senegal
  • 3.
    Tapping, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Brown-backed Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Dendropicos obsoletus craterin Tanzania-No
Dendropicos obsoletus heuglinie Sudan to n Ethiopia-No
Dendropicos obsoletus ingenss Ethiopia to Uganda and c Kenya-No
Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletusSenegal and Gambia to s Sudan and w Uganda s to s Cameroon and ne DR Congo-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansBruinrugspeg
BelarusianБуроспiнны дзяцел
Bengaliিময়চযচ঩ঠ কাঠকুড়াচর
Catalanpicot garser de dors bru
Chinese褐背啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional)褐背啄木
Croatiansmeđoleđi djetlić
Czechdatel hnědohřbetý, strakapoud hnědohřbetý, Strakapoud hnedohrbetý
DanishBrunrygget Spætte
DutchBruinrugspecht
EsperantoBrundorsa dendropiko
Estonianaafrika kirjurähn
Finnishruskoselkätikka, Ruskoselkätikkanen
FrenchPetit Pic à dos brun, Pic à dos brun
FrisianBrúnrêchspjocht
GalicianPeto de costas pardas
GermanBraunrückenspecht
Hungarianbarnahátú harkály
ItalianPicchio dorsobruno
Japaneseハイビタイゲラ
Lithuanianrudnugaris margasis genys, Rudnugaris savaninis genys
NorwegianBrunryggspett, brunryggspett
Norwegian NynorskBrunryggspett
PolishDzięcioł brazowogrzbiety, dzięcioł brązowogrzbiety, dzieciol brazowogrzbiety
Portuguesepica-pau-de-costas-pardas, pica-pau-de-dorso-castanho
RussianБуроспинный дятел
Slovakďateľ hnedochrbtý
SlovenianRjavohrbtni detel
SpanishPico dorsipardo, Carpintero de Lomo Pardo
SwahiliKigong'ota Mgongo-mwekundu
SwedishBrunryggad spett, brunryggig hackspett
TurkishKahverengi sırtlı ağaçkakan, Boz Sırtlı Ağaçkakan
Ukrainianдятел бурокрилий
WelshCnocell gefnfrown