Avibase: 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

Type locality:
'Country about and beyond Kurrichaine' = western Transvaal.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64243#page/133/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
3D8AA54CDAFA27A9

Avibase ID:
avibase-3D8AA54C

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 553998

Geographic range:

Campethera bennettii: lowland to foothill arid acacia brushy woodland, and miombo and gusu (Baikiaea) woodland, from central Angola through eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to eastern Tanzania, and southward to northeastern Namibia and northeastern South Africa
Campethera bennettii bennettii: Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, and northeastern South Africa
Campethera bennettii capricorni: southern Angola to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, and southwestern Zambia
Campethera scriptoricauda: central and eastern Tanzania to southeastern Malawi and northern 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. 2023 (May 2023): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Bennett's or Reichenow's Woodpecker ( Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): 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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