About Campethera maculosa (Valenciennes, 1826)
This species, commonly known as the little green woodpecker, has a scientific name of Campethera maculosa (Valenciennes, 1826). Adults measure approximately 16 cm (6.3 in) in length and weigh around 54 g (1.9 oz). For males, the crown is olive-blackish with faint reddish coloration, and the nape is solid red. The head, neck, and throat are buff and marked with brown spots. The upperparts are yellowish-green or bronze-green. Flight feathers are brown with buffish bars. The tail is blackish, with patches of yellow and green. Underparts are buffish from the throat to the breast, and greenish-white below the breast; all underparts are marked with deep olive bars. The beak is olive or blackish, the iris is brown, and the legs are olive-grey. Females lack any red on the head, and have buff spots on the crown and nape. Juvenile little green woodpeckers have greener upperparts with pale streaks, and paler underparts than adults. The little green woodpecker has a wide distribution across tropical Africa. It inhabits the edges of primary and secondary forests, forest clearings, and mixed forest-shrub mosaics, occurring at elevations up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
