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Taxonomic note
Dendropicos elliotii and D. johnstoni (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Mesopicos and lumped as M. elliotii following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be generally uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 2002). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 7.2% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being 5-9%.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/elliots-woodpecker-dendropicos-elliotii on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.