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Stierling's Woodpecker
Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Stierling's Woodpecker, Dendropicos stierlingi, is a resident bird of southern Tanzania, south Malawi and north-west Mozambique in the woodpecker family Picidae. It lives in open miombo woodland and tropical dry forest in the Eastern miombo woodlands ecoregion, and avoids dense forest. The species is patchily spread across a limited range. It is known for a male with a red mid-crown and nape, while the female has a brown crown with pale streaking and a black nape. Breeding is thought to occur from July to October, with the nest placed in a tree hole.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- Africa: s Tanzania, s Malawi and nw Mozambique
