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 Virunga National Park
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Elliot's Woodpecker
Dendropicos elliotii
African Piculet
Sasia africana
Olive Woodpecker
Dendropicos griseocephalus
African Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Chloropicus xantholophus
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Dendropicos poecilolaemus
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Golden-tailed Woodpecker at Virunga National Park — 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