Iconic Birds
Least Concern
The melancholy woodpecker 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.
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Top parks for Melancholy Woodpecker. Sightings recorded in 28 safari areas total.
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