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 | |
2012 | Least Concern | |
2009 | Least Concern | |
2008 | Least Concern | |
2004 | Least Concern | |
2000 | Lower Risk/Least Concern | |
1994 | Lower Risk/Least Concern | |
1988 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
Migratory status | not a migrant | Forest dependency | high |
Land-mass type | Average mass | - |
Estimate | Data quality | |
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Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) | 2,010,000 km2 | medium |
Severely fragmented? | no | - |
Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
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Population size | unknown | - | - | - |
Population trend | decreasing | - | suspected | - |
Generation length | 3.24 years | - | - | - |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common to 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 9.3% 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%.
Trend justification: .
Country/Territory | Presence | Origin | Resident | Breeding visitor | Non-breeding visitor | Passage migrant |
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Cameroon | extant | native | yes | |||
Central African Republic | extant | native | yes | |||
Chad | extant | native | yes | |||
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | extant | native | yes | |||
Kenya | extant | native | yes | |||
Nigeria | extant | native | yes | |||
Rwanda | extant | native | yes | |||
South Sudan | extant | native | yes | |||
Sudan | extant | native | yes | |||
Uganda | extant | native | yes |
Country/Territory | IBA Name |
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Central African Republic | Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex |
Central African Republic | Manovo - Gounda - St Floris National Park complex |
Kenya | Busia grasslands |
Kenya | Mount Elgon (Kenya) |
South Sudan | Nimule |
Uganda | Budongo Forest Reserve |
Uganda | Bugoma Central Forest Reserve |
Uganda | Mount Kei Forest Reserve |
Uganda | Mount Otzi Forest Reserve |
Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable Land | suitable | resident |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest | suitable | resident |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland | major | resident |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane | major | resident |
Savanna | Dry | suitable | resident |
Altitude | 0 - 2100 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/speckle-breasted-woodpecker-dendropicos-poecilolaemus 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.