Speckle-throated Woodpecker
Campethera scriptoricauda
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusCampethera (African Green Woodpeckers)
- SpeciesCampethera scriptoricauda (Speckle-throated Woodpecker)
The speckle-throated woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda), also known as Reichenow's woodpecker, is an East African woodpecker often considered a subspecies of Bennett's woodpecker. The bird is named after the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
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 Speckle-throated 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
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 3 | Selous Game Reserve | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique |