swahilispett Campethera mombassica

An attractive medium-sized woodpecker with a lightly speckled olive-green back and black-striped pale underparts. Males have a red crown, nape, and moustache streak; females have a spotted dark green crown and a red nape. Both sexes have a pale, lightly speckled throat. Found in coastal forest and moist woodland. Similar to Golden-tailed Woodpecker, but there is virtually no overlap in range, and Mombasa is easily distinguished by the pale throat and the spotted rather than barred back. Fairly similar to Reichenow’s Woodpecker, but distinguished by the striped rather than spotted breast. The vocalizations include a repeated “kree” call and a raspy, trilled “krrrrr.”