This small woodpecker ranges from Central to East Africa. Its pale greenish back and yellowish breast with fine spots help identify it. It is recorded in forest as well as at forest edges and farmland.
A small woodpecker with a pale greenish back and yellowish underparts marked by fine breast spots. The male has a black crown with red, while the female’s crown is all black.
It occurs in lush woodland, at forest edges, and on farmland. BirdLife records moist lowland and montane forest, as well as degraded forest and dry savanna among its habitat types.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.