Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus)
About the Brown-backed Woodpecker
The brown-backed woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus) 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".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ethiopia, Senegal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eastern Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.