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The Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata) is a woodpecker endemic to South Africa and a regional endemic of the southern African region. It is recorded in moist lowland forest, moist savanna, shrubland, wooded habitats, and forested gorges, and it is not migratory. BirdLife South Africa lists the re...

The golden-tailed woodpecker, Campethera abingoni, is a woodpecker found in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It inhabits wooded environments and is recognized by its greenish body, barred plumage, and yellow coloring on the rump and tail. The species belongs to the family Picidae and is related to other...

Bennett's Woodpecker, Campethera bennettii, is a woodpecker of sub-Saharan Africa. It occurs in deciduous woodland and savanna, including miombo, mopane, and other mature tree habitats, and its range extends through parts of southern and eastern Africa. The species often searches on the ground for a...

Officially described in 1849 by Malherbe, this bird is recognized by its green back and yellowish underparts, residing mainly in the dense lowland forests of central and eastern Africa.

Native to the dry savannas of northeastern Africa, the Nubian Woodpecker is a ground-foraging species notable for its olive-brown back and spotted underparts.

The Mombasa woodpecker is a species of woodpecker in the family Picidae, with the scientific name Campethera mombassica. It occurs in parts of eastern Africa, especially coastal and nearby lowland habitats in Kenya and Tanzania, where it uses trees and branches while searching for food. The species...

The fine-spotted woodpecker is an African woodpecker in the genus Campethera. It occurs across parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including wooded savanna and other open woodland habitats, where it searches tree trunks and branches for insects and other invertebrates. Its name refers to the fine spotting...

Found in East Africa, Reichenow's Woodpecker is an arboreal species often treated as a subspecies of Bennett's Woodpecker, notable for its heavily streaked underparts.

The Tullberg's Woodpecker (Campethera tullbergi) is a medium-sized African woodpecker in the family Picidae. It is recorded in western Cameroon, adjacent Nigeria, and on Bioko Island, with the species associated with humid forest and highland or montane habitats in this part of the Gulf of Guinea. T...

The Brown-eared Woodpecker is an African woodpecker currently often placed in the genus Pardipicus as Pardipicus caroli; older references commonly use Campethera caroli. It inhabits tropical rainforest and related secondary forest from West Africa across the Congo Basin and into parts of East Africa...

The buff-spotted woodpecker (Pardipicus nivosus, formerly Campethera nivosa) is a small member of the woodpecker family Picidae native to tropical central Africa. It grows to about 15 cm and has olive or dark olive upperparts with buff-spotted or barred lowerparts; the male has a red nape that the f...