Brown-backed Woodpecker

The brown-backed woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in a belt across the savannah region of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania in the east. It is generally uncommon, but has a very large range and the population appears to be steady, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Brown-backed Woodpecker being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Yungipicus moluccensis
• Yungipicus nanus
• Yungipicus temminckii
• Yungipicus maculatus
• Dendrocopos analis

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae

Genus

Dendropicos

Species

Dendropicos obsoletus

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