Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Reichenow's Woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda) - HBW 7, p. 458

French: Pic de Reichenow German: Reichenowspecht Spanish: Pito de Tanzania
Other common names: Speckle-throated/Tanzanian Woodpecker

Taxonomy: Dendromus scriptoricauda Reichenow, 1896, no locality = Bumi, Tanzania.
Forms a superspecies with C. punctuligera, C. nubica and C. bennettii; frequently treated as conspecific with C. bennettii, and sometimes with all three. Monotypic.

Distribution: Inland E & S Tanzania S to S Malawi (S to Nsanje area) and C Mozambique; recorded also at base of Mt Kilimanjaro, in N Tanzania.