Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda] (Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker)

Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker

Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda] (= Campethera bennettii) (Smith, A 1836)

Bennett's woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in woodlands and bushes in Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Campethera
Scientific:
  Campethera bennettii

Original description

Citation:
(Smith, A 1836)

Reference:
Rep. Exped. C. Afr.

Protonym:
Chrysoptilus Bennettii

Link:
https://archive.org/details/reportexpeditio00afrigoog/page/n59

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
3D8AA54CDAFA27A9

Avibase ID:
avibase-3D8AA54C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3D8AA54C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 553998

Geographic range:

Campethera bennettii bennettii: Angola to se Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and ne South Africa
Campethera bennettii capricorni: S Angola to n Namibia, n Botswana and sw Zambia
Campethera scriptoricauda: Central and e Tanzania to se Malawi and n Mozambique

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker
French:
Pic de Bennett ou P. de Reichenow

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pic de Bennett ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Campethera bennettii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Campethera bennettii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Campethera bennettii [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Campethera bennettii [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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