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title: "Olive Woodpecker"
description: "Dendropicos griseocephalus — Uccelli. The olive woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/olive-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Olive Woodpecker

> Dendropicos griseocephalus — Uccelli. The olive woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Dendropicos griseocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1239
- iNaturalist taxon: [1506403](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1506403)

## Names

- en: Olive Woodpecker
- de: Goldrückenspecht
- es: Pito Oliváceo
- fr: Pic olive

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1116), ZM (25), TZ (9), AO (6), MW (6), UG (6), NA (5), RW (5), ZW (3)

## Summary

The olive woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is in the Dendropicos genus, which comprises small woodpeckers native to Sub-Saharan Africa. There are three described subspecies, all inhabiting various regions of southeast Africa; the red-bellied olive woodpecker (D. g. ruwenzori), the montane olive woodpecker (D. g. kilimensis), and the southern olive woodpecker (D. g. griseocephalus).
The olive woodpecker can be characterized by its  bright red rump, and bronze coloured upper body. The red-bellied subspecies is known to be slightly brighter in colour, with…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_woodpecker

## Photo

![Olive Woodpecker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/olive-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ludwig Muller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61475105

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/olive-woodpecker?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).