Avibase: Dendropicos fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker)

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot, LJP 1818)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Tony Archer	2021-09-05	City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1400 m)	Windmill turning, adult, call, female, male - Calling from area surrounded by thorn trees, bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	672423 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Joost van Bruggen	2020-01-14	Bissau, Bissau, Bissau (Guinea Bissau) (30 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	523031 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Peter Boesman	2014-10-27	Ladysmith area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)	call - [also] [sono]	280248 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Garret Skead	2024-06-15	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	620492337 macaulaylibrary.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens intermedius	Frank Lambert	2019-10-30	Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane, Limpopo, Pietersburg (South Africa) (1300 m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	516137 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Dries Van de Loock	2020-12-06	Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (1500 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	660761 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens massaicus	isaac kilusu	2022-05-11	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, call, female - a female following a male foraging on top of grevillia robusta branches bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	723665 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	African Bioacoustics Community	2026-05-17	Kruger Park (near Skukuza), Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Witrivier (South Africa) (280 m)	mechanical (pecking wood) - 250HP, -3dB normalised. Recordist - A.Karamitsos	1149060 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Lynette Rudman	2015-12-08	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (600 m)	call - Bird seen calling from the top branch of a tree in a suburban garden in the early morning. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	294063 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Dries Van de Loock	2024-05-11	Lazy J Ranch, Lusaka, Kafue (Zambia) (1300 m)	tapping - [sono]	932692 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Martin St-Michel	2015-03-12	Bugungu Airstrip, Murchinson Falls National Park, Masindi (former division) (Uganda) (750 m)	flight call - Habitat: wooded grassland, dry woodland. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	289268 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Faansie Peacock	2016-12-24	Bushwillow Estate, Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve, near Beestekraal, North West, Northwest Province (South Africa) (1000 m)	call - Getting excited in response to playback. A pair landed on a dead tree and called like this at intervals. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	364552 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	James Bradley	2017-03-25	Maasai Education Centre, Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya)	-	72475321 macaulaylibrary.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Marc Anderson	2023-08-24	Kafue National Park, Mumbwa (Zambia) (1100 m)	call - [sono]	1037212 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Peter Boesman	2014-10-27	Ladysmith area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)	call - [sono]	280247 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	African Bioacoustics Community	2024-07-16	Kruger Park (near Skukuza), Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Witrivier (South Africa) (280 m)	call - A 600 Hz high-pass filter was applied and the audio was normalized at -3 dB. The two individuals encountered were involved in an aggressive interaction.	998772 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Peter Boesman	2014-10-27	Ladysmith area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)	call - [sono]	280249 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Dries Van de Loock	2023-10-14	Mwekera Forestry College, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Ndola (Zambia) (1200 m)	call, song - [sono]	854392 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Artem Glagolev	2026-02-28	, Lusaka (Zambia)	-	652009268 macaulaylibrary.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Lynette Rudman	2020-12-13	Makana Local Municipality (near Glen Ambrose), Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (400 m)	adult, call, drumming, sex uncertain - Cardinal Woodpecker heard drumming and calling once briefly from a thick wooded valley in the early morning in early summer. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	610175 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Tony Archer	2021-12-23	City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1300 m)	adult, call, female - Calling from thorn tree. Noise reduction done. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	692703 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Thibaut Chansac	2014-07-30	Manyoni, Singida, Singida (Tanzania) (1400 m)	call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	201217 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Marc Anderson	2023-08-24	Kafue National Park, Mumbwa (Zambia) (1100 m)	song - [sono]	880780 xeno-canto.org
Cardinal Woodpecker - Dendropicos fuscescens	Peter Boesman	2016-09-17	North of Kawambwa, Luapula province, Luapula (Zambia)	call - [sono]	339144 xeno-canto.org

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