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Speckle-throated woodpecker

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open woodlands. At least in Mozambique, it prefers broad-leaved woodland with an understory of tall grass, and it is probably rather common.
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This bird has been considered a subspecies of the Nubian woodpecker. On the other hand, some authorities
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Checklist of Birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions. Volume 1: Species limits and distribution
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It is greenish above with yellowish barring (giving a slightly yellower appearance than the similar
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Zimmerman, Dale A.; Turner, Donald A. & Pearson, David J. (1999),
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Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 7: Jacamars To Woodpeckers
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Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds
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in Malawi" Here it is considered a separate species following the
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Sinclair, Ian; Hockey, Phil & Tarboton, Warwick (2002),
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Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Field Guide Edition
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because "it is said to intergrade freely with nominate
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Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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Index

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Piciformes
Picidae
Campethera
Binomial name
Reichenow
Bennett's woodpecker
Anton Reichenow
Nubian woodpecker
Mozambique
Beira
Zambezi
Malawi
Tanzania
Handeni
Pare Mountains
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mombasa
Kenya
inhabits
lump
Handbook of the Birds of the World

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