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Taxonomic note
Previously listed (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) as Campethera nivosa; an earlier molecular study showed that Buff-spotted Woodpecker C. nivosa and Brown-eared Woodpecker C. caroli are distinct from congeners, and revived the name Stictopicus to accommodate them. However, Dowsett and Gregory (2020) point out that the type species of Stictopicus is Nubian Woodpecker Picus nubicus (as it was first described) so the name cannot be used, and proposed instead that Pardipicus can be used. Proposed subspecies budongoensis (Uganda and W Kenya) inseparable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be generally uncommon to locally common (del Hoyo et al. 2002). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 8.3% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-eared-woodpecker-pardipicus-caroli on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.