| Fire-bellied
Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster (aka Chloropicus pyrrhogaster) |
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Kakum National Park, Ghana The Fire-bellied Woodpecker is distributed in West Africa from Sierra Leone to Cameroon. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in a variety of primary and secondary forest. |
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It is a comparatively large Woodpecker with bright red on the rump and the
centre of the underparts. The head is white with broad black eye-stripe and malar. The upperparts
are plain golden olive-green. The male has a red crown and nape.
It is frequently heard drumming loudly. |
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