The African Grey Woodpecker lives in wooded habitats across parts of western, eastern, and central Africa and feeds mainly on insects such as termites.
The page lists a gray forehead and head, a red hindcrown and nape, green upperparts, and gray underparts for the female.
It eats mostly insects, including termites and beetle larvae; it has also been observed hunting crabs in mangroves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.