Species profile
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
Quick answer
REMARK. — Resident forest species from Senegal to Ghana. Reported for Nazinga (as C. cailliautii Malherbe, 1849) (Portier 2002 c) and Arly and Pendjari National Parks (Balanca et al. 2007), but not further considered as present in Burkina Faso.
- Scientific name
- Campethera maculosa
- Family
- Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Campethera
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Little Green Woodpecker in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Picidae
- Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus)
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- African Piculet (Sasia africana)
- American Three-toed/black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
- Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
- Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas)
- Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
- Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae)