Brown-backed woodpecker

Brown-backed woodpecker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendropicos
Species:
D. obsoletus
Binomial name
Dendropicos obsoletus
(Wagler, 1829)
Distribution shown in green
Synonyms
  • Picoides obsoletus
  • Chloropicus obsoletus
  • Ipophilius obsoletus

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".[1]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Dendropicos obsoletus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681030A92890098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681030A92890098.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.