Brown-backed Woodpecker

Dendropicos obsoletus

The brown-backed woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in a belt across the savannah region of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania in the east. It is generally uncommon, but has a very large range and the population appears to be steady, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Scientific name

Dendropicos obsoletus

Family

Woodpeckers

IUCN status

LC