birds · order Piciformes
Picidae in the reserves
8 species of the Picidae family are recorded around 284 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the Cardinal Woodpecker, near 133 reserves.
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens133 reserves
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni104 reserves
Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus66 reserves
Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis56 reserves
Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus33 reserves · Near threatened
Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus30 reserves
Knysna WoodpeckerCampethera notata26 reserves · Near threatened
Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii5 reservesGBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).