Brown-backed Woodpecker

Dendropicos obsoletus (Wagler, 1829)

21 gWeight

The brown-backed woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.

Most records: Kenya, Ghana, Gambia

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Kenya, Ghana, Gambia

Brown-backed Woodpecker has been recorded at 62 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Nairobi NPKenya123 records
Nairobi River @ National Museums of KenyaKenya84 records
Ngong Road Forest SanctuaryKenya65 records

More places

Mole NPGhana52 records
Benoue NPCameroon33 records
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro CraterTanzania32 records
TujerengGambia31 records
Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, MaruruiKenya31 records
Mole NP – Asibey Loop/Haraba track vicinityGhana30 records
Ngaoundaba RanchCameroon23 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Kenya Ghana Gambia Cameroon Uganda Tanzania Nigeria Senegal

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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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