The Abyssinian woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus), also known as the golden-backed woodpecker or the golden-mantled woodpecker, is a species of bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is native to Africa, where it occurs in Eritrea and Ethiopia.[1] It appears to be a close relative of the cardinal woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens.[4]
^ abBirdLife International (2016). "Dendropicos abyssinicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680959A92887800. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680959A92887800.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^"Dendropicos abyssinicus (Stanley, 1814)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (https://www.itis.gov). Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
The Abyssinianwoodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus), also known as the golden-backed woodpecker or the golden-mantled woodpecker, is a species of bird...
International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 240 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 36 genera...
that thrived throughout the mountainous ecoregion, which includes AbyssinianWoodpecker, bearded vulture, Tawny eagle, Rüppell's vulture, Verreaux's eagle...
Dendropicos is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae. They are small woodpeckers that are native to the sub-Saharan woodlands and forests. The...
Found in eastern Chad, northern and central Sudan and eastern Egypt Abyssinian bulbul P. b. schoanus Neumann, 1905 — Not to be confused with an alternate...
Victor record in 1913. In 1926–27 he participated in the Field Museum's Abyssinian Expedition led by Wilfred Hudson Osgood. He produced some of his most...
toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla Abyssinianwoodpecker, Chloropicus...
two extant species. The family is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa: the Abyssinian ground hornbill occurs in a belt from Senegal east to Ethiopia, and the...
black catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris) from the Americas, and the Abyssinian catbird (Sylvia=Parophasma galinieri) from Africa, are only related by...
in 2018 found that the European roller was most closely related to the Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus). The phylogenetic relationships among the...
groups are not very closely related, with toucans being allied with the woodpeckers, honeyguides and several families of barbet, while hornbills (and their...
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