Bennett's Woodpecker vs Bearded Woodpecker

Campethera bennettii verglichen mit Dendropicos namaquus

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Merkmal Bennett's Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker
Wissenschaftlicher Name Campethera bennettii Dendropicos namaquus
Ordnung Piciformes Piciformes
Familie Picidae Picidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 23,4 cm (9.2 in) 25,2 cm (9.9 in)
Gewicht 72,5 g (2.56 oz) 79,675 g (2.81 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-5 2-4
Population Trend

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Bennett's Woodpecker

Least Concern

Bearded 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.

Bearded Woodpecker

The Bearded Woodpecker is a large, boldly marked woodpecker of savanna woodlands and dry forests in eastern and southern Africa. It has black-and-white facial striping, a red crown in males, and a long, powerful bill adapted for excavating dead trees. It feeds on wood-boring beetle larvae, ants, and other insects found in bark and dead wood.

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