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Woodpecker, Knysna

Roberts No: 484

Male has dark red forehead, crown and moustaches. Spots on breast, green finely spotted back. Female has olive brown crown with white spotting. Contact call is a single high whistle-like ‘skreee’. The call draws attention to the presence of the woodpecker, usually in the canopy.

Family Name:
Campethera notata
Common Name:
Woodpecker, Knysna
Size:
18 to 20 cm
Status:
Resident
Food:
mainly ants in all their stages, also wood-boring beetle larvae.