Bennett's Woodpecker vs Bamboo Woodpecker

Campethera bennettii verglichen mit Gecinulus viridis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Bennett's Woodpecker Bamboo Woodpecker
Wissenschaftlicher Name Campethera bennettii Gecinulus viridis
Ordnung Piciformes Piciformes
Familie Picidae Picidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 23,4 cm (9.2 in) 25,5 cm (10.0 in)
Gewicht 72,5 g (2.56 oz) 70,5 g (2.49 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-5 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Bennett's Woodpecker

Least Concern

Bamboo 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.

Bamboo Woodpecker

The Bamboo Woodpecker is a woodpecker found in bamboo forests and forest edges across Southeast Asia, weighing about 70.5g with a wingspan of 25.5cm. As its name suggests it specializes in foraging on bamboo, excavating for insects and larvae within bamboo stems and poles. It inhabits both primary forest and secondary growth where bamboo is present.

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