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Brown-backed Woodpecker Picoides obsoletus |
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A small woodpecker (13 cm), the male and female brown-backed woodpecker have brown backs and brown ear coverts. The crown is red in the male, brown in the female. The left upper bird was seen at Adi Quala (Eritrea, 1-09), courtesy of Jason Anderson; the right upper, Ngorongoro highlands (11-23), courtesy of Isaac Kilusu. The 2nd row photos were taken in the Mbulu mountains (9-22), courtesy of Per Holmen and the other photos were taken in the Nou Forest (10-09). |
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