Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera maculosa

The little green woodpecker, or green-backed woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is widely distributed in tropical Africa, living in forest edges, clearings, and forest-shrub mosaics. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.

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