What Animal Lives Where

Where has the African Gray Woodpecker been recorded?

Dendropicos goertae occurrence evidence comes from 135 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1878 to 2026. Most records come from Uganda.

African Gray Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker — Photo (display-sized rendition): peterichman from York, Yorkshire · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPiciformesPicidaeDendropicos

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

135 records across 10 countries and territories, 1878–2026.

Dendropicos goertae · GBIF taxon key 2478424

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18782026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where African Gray Woodpecker has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for African Gray Woodpecker. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 60
Senegal 33
Kenya 14
Côte d'Ivoire 7
Ghana 7
Gambia 5
Guinea 5
Angola 2
Ethiopia 1
Chad 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.