For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Golden-tailed Woodpecker - male

Not seen in Gauteng, Karoo, south and western Cape.
Preferred habitat is forests and thick woodlands and bushveld.

Mainly eat ants and their larva besides other insects.
Info: Robert’s Birds of Southern Africa

2 comments:

Diane said...

Lucky to see it by the sound of it. Pretty bird. Diane.

Firefly the Travel Guy said...

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