Dendropicos fuscescens Cardinal Woodpecker Kardinaalspeg
Modimolle, Sep 2022
A breeding resident. The most frequently recorded woodpecker in the Waterberg, it is common and widespread here, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (61% in, 39% out; recorded in 78% of the Waterberg pentads); likely to occur in any woodland; usually encountered solitarily, or in pairs while breeding. In winter it is a common member of mixed species bird parties. Breeds in early summer.
A breeding resident. The most frequently recorded woodpecker in the Waterberg, it is common and widespread here, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (61% in, 39% out; recorded in 78% of the Waterberg pentads); likely to occur in any woodland; usually encountered solitarily, or in pairs while breeding. In winter it is a common member of mixed species bird parties. Breeds in early summer.
Waterberg Game Park, Sep 2022
male
male
Modimolle, Nov 2020
female left, male right
female left, male right
Hermanusdoorn, Mar 2019
female
female
Modimolle, Oct 2008
male
male
Kamonande, Mar 2021
female
female