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Yellow-crested Woodpecker

Chloropicus xantholophus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForest82 g
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 1
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Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 2
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Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 3
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Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 4
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 5
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 6
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Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 7
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 8
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 9
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus), photo 10
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The yellow-crested woodpecker grows to a length of 22 to 25 cm (9 to 10 in). The male has a small golden patch with black flecking on the crown, most noticeable in display, but the female lacks this. In other respects, the sexes are similar, the forehead being brown and the cheeks and throat whitish; there is a broad black streak through the eye which extends to the sides of the neck. The nape is black and the upper parts of the body are dull brownish-olive, usually plain but sometimes slightly barred. The rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish and the tail chocolate-brown.

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When to see the Yellow-crested Woodpecker

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-crested Woodpecker

Regular range

The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Kenya Angola Congo - Kinshasa Cameroon Gabon Congo - Brazzaville Central African Republic Tanzania Nigeria

About the Yellow-crested Woodpecker

The yellow-crested woodpecker, also known as the golden-crowned woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Some taxonomic authorities place this species in Dendropicos. Its typical habitat is wet tropical forest and it is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Easily confused with

Fire-bellied Woodpecker (Chloropicus pyrrhogaster) Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogasterThe upper parts of the fire-bellied woodpecker are olive or bronze with slight barring. Bearded Woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus) Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquusThe bearded woodpecker is one of the largest woodpeckers in Africa growing to a length of about 25 cm (10 in).

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