
Woodpecker, Knysna
Roberts No: 484Male 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.
Woodpecker, Knysna
Family Name: Campethera notataCommon Name: Woodpecker, Knysna
Roberts No: 484
18 to 20 cm Resident mainly ants in all their stages, also wood-boring beetle larvae.
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