Woodpeckers

Gabon Woodpecker

Dendropicos gabonensis

The Gabon Woodpecker (Dendropicos gabonensis) is a 26 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

26 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Eq. Guinea, Benin, Uganda, Central African Rep., Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia.

Where to see it: Mt. Kupe (Cameroon); Ipassa Makokou Nature Reserve (Gabon); Sangha Lodge (Central African Republic); PN de la Lopé (general area) (Gabon); Sangha lodge (2,9860,16,2323) (Central African Republic).

Photo: (c) Dérozier Violette, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist