Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker | Kardinaalspeg
Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker | Kardinaalspeg
Modimolle, Sep 2022
Waterberg Game Park, Sep 2022
male
Modimolle, Nov 2020
female left, male right
Hermanusdoorn, Mar 2019
female
Modimolle, Oct 2008
male
Kamonande, Mar 2021
female
A breeding resident. The most frequently recorded woodpecker in the Waterberg, it is common and widespread here, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (61% in, 39% out; recorded in 78% of the Waterberg pentads); likely to occur in any woodland; usually encountered solitarily, or in pairs while breeding. In winter it is a common member of mixed species bird parties. Breeds in early summer.
