Brown-backed Woodpecker
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0

Woodpeckers

Brown-backed Woodpecker

Dendropicos obsoletus

LCLeast Concern
Family
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Order
Piciformes

Overview

The brown-backed woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in a belt across the savannah region of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania in the east. It is generally uncommon, but has a very large range and the population appears to be steady, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

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Last updated September 29, 2026.