African Piculet Verreauxia africana
(aka Sasia africana)
African Piculet, Bobori Forest, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

Bobori Forest, Ghana
June 2011

The African Piculet is the only one of the 31 species of piculet to be found in Africa. It is distributed in the Congo Basin though there seem to be isolated populations in Ghana, the Ivory Coast and Liberia.

African Piculet, Bobori Forest, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image It is found in humid forest and forest edges including secondary growth and is generally quite difficult to see. It has yellow-olive upperparts and grey underparts. There is a red orbital ring and two short white streaks behind the eye. The feet are also red.

African Piculet, Bobori Forest, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

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