Taxonomic note
Dendropicos goertae and D. spodocephalus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Mesopicos and lumped as M. goertae following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). Prior to that they had been placed in Dendropicos and split as D. goertae and D. spodocephalus 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.
Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable |
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- | - | - |
Year | Category | Criteria |
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2024 | Least Concern | |
2016 | Least Concern | |
2014 | Least Concern | |
2012 | Not Recognised | |
2008 | Not Recognised | |
2004 | Not Recognised | |
2000 | Not Recognised | |
1994 | Not Recognised | |
1988 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
Migratory status | not a migrant | Forest dependency | medium |
Land-mass type | Average mass | - |
Estimate | Data quality | |
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Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) | 12,400,000 km2 | |
Severely fragmented? | no | - |
Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
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Population size | unknown | - | - | - |
Population trend | decreasing | - | suspected | - |
Generation length | 3.27 years | - | - | - |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be widespread and fairly common to 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 8.8% 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.
Trend justification: .
Country/Territory | Presence | Origin | Resident | Breeding visitor | Non-breeding visitor | Passage migrant |
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Angola | extant | native | yes | |||
Benin | extant | native | yes | |||
Burkina Faso | extant | native | yes | |||
Burundi | extant | native | yes | |||
Cameroon | extant | native | yes | |||
Central African Republic | extant | native | yes | |||
Chad | extant | native | yes | |||
Congo | extant | native | yes | |||
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | extant | native | yes | |||
Côte d'Ivoire | extant | native | yes | |||
Equatorial Guinea | extant | native | yes | |||
Eritrea | extant | native | yes | |||
Ethiopia | extant | native | yes | |||
Gabon | extant | native | yes | |||
Gambia | extant | native | yes | |||
Ghana | extant | native | yes | |||
Guinea | extant | native | yes | |||
Guinea-Bissau | extant | native | yes | |||
Kenya | extant | native | yes | |||
Liberia | extant | native | yes | |||
Mali | extant | native | yes | |||
Mauritania | extant | native | yes | |||
Niger | extant | native | yes | |||
Nigeria | extant | native | yes | |||
Rwanda | extant | native | yes | |||
Senegal | extant | native | yes | |||
Sierra Leone | extant | native | yes | |||
South Sudan | extant | native | yes | |||
Sudan | extant | native | yes | |||
Tanzania | extant | native | yes | |||
Togo | extant | native | yes | |||
Uganda | extant | native | yes |
Country/Territory | IBA Name |
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Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable Land | suitable | resident |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Pastureland | suitable | resident |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Rural Gardens | suitable | resident |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Dry | major | resident |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level | suitable | resident |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland | major | resident |
Savanna | Dry | major | resident |
Shrubland | Subtropical/Tropical Moist | suitable | resident |
Altitude | 0 - 3000 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-woodpecker-dendropicos-goertae on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.