birds · 3 families
Piciformes in the reserves
19 bird species of the order Piciformes are recorded around 426 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the Black-collared Barbet, near 284 reserves. 2 are on the IUCN Red List as threatened or near threatened.
Families
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus284 reserves
Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii207 reserves
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens133 reserves
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni104 reserves
Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas92 reserves
Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus66 reserves
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus61 reserves
Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis56 reserves
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus54 reserves
Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus50 reserves
White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis42 reserves
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor40 reservesAll 19 species
Other bird orders
Passeriformes 281Charadriiformes 47Pelecaniformes 20Coraciiformes 19Bucerotiformes 11Gruiformes 11Suliformes 9
GBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).