Knysna Woodpecker
Campethera notata (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Andrew Spencer | 2015-09-16 | Wilderness NP, Western Cape, South Africa, Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 177489461 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Frank Lambert | 2019-11-15 | Ebb & Flo area, Wilderness National Park, South Cape DC, Western Cape, George (South Africa) (20 m) | call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
519817 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Niall D Perrins | 2025-12-09 | , Eastern Cape (South Africa) | - | 647061126 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Frank Lambert | 2019-11-15 | Ebb & Flo area, Wilderness National Park, South Cape DC, Western Cape, George (South Africa) (20 m) | call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
519819 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Frank Lambert | 2019-11-15 | Ebb & Flo area, Wilderness National Park, South Cape DC, Western Cape, George (South Africa) (20 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
519821 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Lynette Rudman | 2020-01-08 | Makana Local Municipality (near Grahamstown), Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (600 m) | adult, call, sex uncertain - Bird seen and heard calling frantically, as if looking for its mate. I have not edited the pauses between the call in this recording. It called like this for a few hours. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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518393 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Walter Wallner | 2026-02-07 | Overstrand Local Municipality (near Pearly Beach), Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, Bredasdorp (South Africa) (10 m) | call - [also] [sono] | 1136509 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Lynette Rudman | 2016-03-04 | Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (600 m) | Pecking, call, probing for food - Bird seen pecking and probing for food under the bark of a tree before sunrise. A second bird is first heard calling from a distance before the one observed gave its characteristic shriek. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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305433 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Pieter Vantieghem | 2021-12-11 | Grootvadersbosch NP, Western Cape, Heidelberg (South Africa) (440 m) | adult, call, female - The bird calling seen well in the open, another bird was in the neighbourhood but not seen well. A few 100m before the entrance of the NP. Loudness normalised & noise reduced in audacity bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
701012 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Niall Perrins | 2025-12-09 | Amahlathi Local Municipality (near Stutterheim), Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, Stutterheim (South Africa) (1100 m) | begging call - Initially heard single call with long gaps between calls. These calls were in response, sounded like youngsters begging.
|
1064907 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Frank Lambert | 2019-11-15 | Ebb & Flo area, Wilderness National Park, South Cape DC, Western Cape, George (South Africa) (20 m) | call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
519820 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Walter Wallner | 2026-03-02 | Mossel Bay Local Municipality (near Great Brak River), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Mossel (South Africa) (0 m) | call - [also] [sono] | 1144948 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Lynette Rudman | 2016-09-07 | Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (600 m) | call - Bird seen and heard calling in between foraging for insects on the bark of a large tree. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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334170 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Lynette Rudman | 2016-05-24 | Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (600 m) | call, female, male - A pair of woodpeckers seen in a large tree in a suburban garden and they were calling to each other. The male was sheltering from the rain and the female was foraging in another part of the tree. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
333324 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Walter Wallner | 2026-02-04 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 650565287 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Gabriel Jamie | 2020-12-16 | Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 290383621 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Frank Lambert | 2019-11-15 | Ebb & Flo area, Wilderness National Park, South Cape DC, Western Cape, George (South Africa) (20 m) | call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
519815 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Paul Coopmans | 1994-11-25 | Oribi Gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) | - | 72552 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Frank Lambert | 2019-11-15 | Ebb & Flo area, Wilderness National Park, South Cape DC, Western Cape, George (South Africa) (20 m) | call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
519816 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Walter Wallner | 2026-03-02 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 652073706 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Mark Galpin | 2026-06-11 | , Eastern Cape (South Africa) | - | 659494866 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Roger McNeill | 2021-12-20 | , Eastern Cape (South Africa) | - | 652352153 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Alan Collett | 2021-12-26 | Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (near East London), Amatole, Eastern Cape, East London (South Africa) (10 m) | call - Spacing between notes is genuine bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
694698 xeno-canto.org |
| Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata | Mark Robbins | 2016-12-01 | Tsitsikamma National Park; Storms River Mouth (Lourie and Blue Duiker Trails), Eastern Cape, South Africa, Eastern Cape (South Africa) | - Tall, coastal forest. Single loud call. Same cut as in ML 524153. ML: 150 Hz high-pass scientific filter applied in Adobe Audition CC 2017. | 524152 macaulaylibrary.org |
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