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Bearded Woodpecker
Baardspeg · Chloropicus namaquus
The largest of Kruger's common woodpeckers, boldly patterned with a black moustache stripe across the face. It announces itself by drumming loudly on dead limbs. It chisels into mature timber for wood-boring grubs and is most at home in tall woodland and riverine forest.
Log your Bearded Woodpecker sighting — free →How to identify it
Large woodpecker with a bold black-and-white face mask and a black 'beard' stripe; loud drumming.
Listen for its call
A loud "kwik-kwik-kwik" and a strong, far-carrying drum on a branch.
Where to see it in Kruger
Tall mature woodland and riverine forest across the park.
Did you know
Its drumming on dead branches can be heard from far across the bush.
Often confused with
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