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)
The golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Its specific name commemorates the 5th Earl of Abingdon. It belongs to a species complex that includes the Knysna woodpecker to the south of its range, and the mostly allopatric Mombasa woodpecker to the northeast, with which it perhaps hybridizes. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve
Speckle-throated Woodpecker
Campethera scriptoricauda
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Brown-Breasted Barbet
Lybius melanopterus
Black-collared Barbet
Lybius torquatus
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Green Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus simplex
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Golden-tailed Woodpecker at Selous Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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