How big is a Gabon Woodpecker?

The Gabon Woodpecker is a small sized bird weighing about 26 g.

Where can you see a Gabon Woodpecker?

The Gabon Woodpecker occurs in 13 countries, including Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Benin.

What birds look similar to a Gabon Woodpecker?

The Gabon Woodpecker is most easily confused with the Little Grey Woodpecker, the Abyssinian Woodpecker and the Stierling's Woodpecker.

Is the Gabon Woodpecker endangered?

The Gabon Woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Gabon Woodpecker

Dendropicos gabonensis

Woodpeckers · Piciformes · Legendary

The Gabon Woodpecker (Dendropicos gabonensis) is a legendary woodpecker found in 13 countries, weighing about 26 g. The Gabon woodpecker is a species of small woodpecker in the family Picidae which occurs in western central Africa.

Least ConcernLegendaryEats invertebratesforestcavity nest26 g

Gabon Woodpecker (Dendropicos gabonensis), photo 1 — Photo: Dérozier Violette · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Gabon Woodpecker

The Gabon woodpecker is a species of small woodpecker in the family Picidae which occurs in western central Africa.

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How to identify it

The Gabon woodpecker is a small woodpecker with a short bill which is quite broad at the base. It has plain green upperparts, a plain dark tail and heavily spotted underparts with a yellowish background colour. The crown is brownish but the males have a red hindcrown and nape, as well as an indistinct, narrow moustachial. The adult females lack red on the head, however both sexes of juveniles have red on the centre of the crown. The subspecies D.g.

Where it lives

Cameroon Gabon Nigeria Equatorial Guinea Benin Congo - Kinshasa Uganda Congo - Brazzaville Central African Republic Côte d’Ivoire Guinea Liberia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Ghana.

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in March. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Gabon Woodpecker?: The Gabon woodpecker is a small woodpecker with a short bill which is quite broad at the base. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Gabon Woodpecker?: The Gabon Woodpecker is a small sized bird weighing about 26 g.
Where can you see a Gabon Woodpecker?: The Gabon Woodpecker occurs in 13 countries, including Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Benin.
What birds look similar to a Gabon Woodpecker?: The Gabon Woodpecker is most easily confused with the Little Grey Woodpecker, the Abyssinian Woodpecker and the Stierling's Woodpecker.
Is the Gabon Woodpecker endangered?: The Gabon Woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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