Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusCampethera (African Green Woodpeckers)
- SpeciesCampethera abingoni (Golden-tailed Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Lake Mburo National Park
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
African Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Dendropicos poecilolaemus
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
Elliot's Woodpecker
Dendropicos elliotii
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Golden-tailed Woodpecker in Lake Mburo National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Golden-tailed Woodpecker sighting in Lake Mburo National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Golden-tailed Woodpecker in Lake Mburo National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Golden-tailed Woodpecker in Lake Mburo National Park in our monthly data.