Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Female Cardinal Woodpecker, Mole NP, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

Mole National Park, Ghana
June 2011

The Cardinal Woodpecker is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara. It is found in woodland and wooded grasslands. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

Female Cardinal Woodpecker, Mole NP, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image These photos are of a female with a brownish black forehead to nape whereas the male has a red nape.

Female Cardinal Woodpecker, Mole NP, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

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