Melancholy woodpecker (Chloropicus lugubris)

Wikipedia: Melancholy woodpecker Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-DendropicusKeulemans.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Chloropicus (Chloropicus); Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
General: The melancholy woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris) is a species of woodpecker. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone east to Nigeria, living in forests, forest edges, clearings and woodlands. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Gabon woodpecker. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as a least-concern species. [more]