Melancholy Woodpecker
Dendropicos lugubris
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Order
- Piciformes
Overview
The melancholy woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris) is a species of woodpecker. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone east to Nigeria, living in forests, forest edges, clearings and woodlands. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Gabon woodpecker. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as a least-concern species.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Sierra Leone to southeastern Ghana, southern Nigeria, and southwestern Cameroon.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Melancholy woodpecker
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
