Cardinal Woodpecker / Dendropicos fuscescens
| Cardinal Woodpecker bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Cardinal-Woodpecker |
| Old latin name for bird | Dendropicos lafresnayi, Picus fuscescens, Chloropicus fuscescens |
| Order | Woodpeckers, toucans and relatives / Piciformes |
| Family | Woodpeckers / Picidae |
| Genus | Dendropicos |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | widespread |
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Elliot's Woodpecker
Abyssinian Woodpecker
Where to see Cardinal Woodpecker
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Cardinal Woodpecker subspecies (9)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dendropicos fuscescens fuscescens | nc Namibia to w, c South Africa | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens hartlaubii | s Kenya to e Zambia and c Mozambique | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens hemprichii | n Ethiopia to Somalia and e Kenya | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens intermedius | e South Africa to s Mozambique | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens lafresnayi | Senegal and Gambia to Nigeria | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens lepidus | e DR Congo to sw Ethiopia, c Kenya and nw Tanzania | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens loandae | Angola to w Tanzania, Zambia, n Namibia, n Botswana, w Zimbabwe and n South Africa | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens massaicus | s Ethiopia to w, c Kenya and nc Tanzania | - | No |
| Dendropicos fuscescens sharpii | Cameroon to s Sudan and n Angola | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kardinaalspeg |
| Catalan | picot cardenal |
| Chinese | 暗红啄木鸟 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 深紅啄木 |
| Croatian | smeđočeli djetlić |
| Czech | datel kardinálský |
| Danish | Kardinalspætte |
| Dutch | Kardinaalspecht |
| Esperanto | Brilpego |
| Estonian | vöötselg-väikerähn |
| Finnish | ruso-otsatikkanen, Rusootsatikkanen |
| French | Pic cardinal |
| German | Kardinalspecht |
| Hungarian | kardinális harkály |
| Icelandic | Nálaspæta |
| Italian | Picchio cardinale |
| Japanese | アフリカコゲラ |
| Lithuanian | kardinolinis savaninis genys |
| Norwegian | Kardinalspett, kardinalspett |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Kardinalspett |
| Polish | dzieciol jasnolicy, dzięcioł jasnolicy, Dzięciolik kaplandzki |
| Portuguese | pica-pau-cardeal, Pica pau cardeal |
| Russian | Кардиналовый дятел, Кардинальский саванный дятел |
| Serbian | Kardinalski detlić |
| Shona | Hohodza |
| Slovak | ďateľ kardinálsky |
| Spanish | Pito cardenal, Pico Cardenal |
| Swahili | Kigong'ota Mgongo-miraba |
| Swedish | kardinalspett |
| Tsonga | Ghongoswana |
| Tswana | Kôkômere |
| Turkish | Kardinal Ağaçkakanı |
| Ukrainian | дятел сірощокий |
| Xhosa | Isinqolamthi |
| Zulu | iNqondaqonda |