Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Bennett's Woodpecker (Campethera bennettii) - HBW 7, p. 457
French: Pic de Bennett
German: Bennettspecht
Spanish: Pito de Bennett
Taxonomy: Chrysoptilus Bennettii A. Smith, 1836, western Transvaal.
Forms a superspecies with C. punctuligera, C. nubica and C. scriptoricauda; sometimes treated as conspecific with last-mentioned, or with all three. Identity of birds in E Rwanda uncertain; they probably belong either to C. nubica or to nominate race of present species. Proposed race uniamwesica (Angola E to L Victoria and S to C Zambia) synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bennettii (A. Smith, 1836) - WC Angola E to SE Zaire and Rwanda, possibly also Uganda (Merama Hills), and to W & S Tanzania, S to W Malawi, NE South Africa and S Mozambique; possibly this taxon in E Rwanda.
- capricorni Strickland, 1853 - S Angola, SW Zambia, and adjacent N Namibia and N Botswana.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair on a trunk, the female scratching and the male looking for food Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp capricorni)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 5 years ago 20 sec 4.8 -
A female preening and scratching Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp capricorni)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 5 years ago 34 sec 4.8 -
A female preening, stretching its wings and calling softly Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp capricorni)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 5 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
A female feeding in the hole of a trunk Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp capricorni)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 5 years ago 10 sec 4.6 -
A female on the grass, feeding Locality Okavango Camp, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp capricorni)
Juan Sanabria 26 September 2005 7 years ago 40 sec 3.6 -
A female feeding and walking on the ground Locality Okavango Camp, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp capricorni)
Juan Sanabria 26 September 2005 7 years ago 20 sec 2.9
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Male feeding on a trunk
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi Shapiro 18 October 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
A male feeding on a branch.
Locality Shakawe, North-West District, Botswana
Ken Havard 16 April 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Male
Locality Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Philip Perry 17 August 2006 49 weeks ago 3.7 -
Male vs a Car Mirror at a camping site..going on for over a hour!
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi Shapiro 18 October 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Male vs a Car Mirror at a camping site..going on for over an hour!
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi Shapiro 18 October 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp bennettii)
Fran Trabalon 30 October 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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Alarm calls. In Acacia woodland. 13:39. Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(ssp bennettii)
Charles Hesse 6 July 2010 2 years ago 4
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