Bennett's Woodpecker vs Black-headed Woodpecker

Campethera bennettii مقارنةً بـ Picus erythropygius

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Bennett's Woodpecker Black-headed Woodpecker
الاسم العلمي Campethera bennettii Picus erythropygius
الرتبة Piciformes Piciformes
الفصيلة Picidae Picidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 23,4 cm (9.2 in) 31,4 cm (12.4 in)
الوزن 72,5 g (2.56 oz) 117,5 g (4.14 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-5 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Bennett's Woodpecker only

بلا

Black-headed Woodpecker only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Bennett's Woodpecker

Least Concern

Black-headed Woodpecker

About These Birds

Bennett's Woodpecker

Bennett's Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of dry open woodland, bush, and savanna in eastern and southern Africa. Males have a red cap and malar stripe, while both sexes show heavily spotted and barred brown-and-white plumage. It forages on tree trunks and on the ground for ants and other insects.

Black-headed Woodpecker

The Black-headed Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker with a distinctive glossy black head and neck, green back and wings, and a contrasting red rump. It inhabits open woodland, deciduous forest, and forest edges from Myanmar through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It forages on tree trunks and branches for wood-boring beetles, ants, and other insects, excavating with its strong bill.

More Birds to Explore

Explore the Nature FYI Family