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Geocolaptes olivaceus
The Ground Woodpecker is an endemic species to South Africa and in appearance and behavior it is completely different to other members of its family. Its genealogy indicates that the Ground Woodpecker is a very ancient diversion off the standard woodpecker evolutionary lineage. They are almost entirely restricted to ground level, but the family groups often perch on exposed boulders issuing forth their strange gull-like shrieks.
Rocky and mountainous areas of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
Spotted on Oct 19, 2011
Submitted on Oct 19, 2011
2 Comments
Hi Adam - your very nice spotting is featured in today's Project Noah blog on woodpeckers: http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5715637...
Excellent , as usual:)