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Bennett's Woodpecker
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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Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Campethera
Scientific:
Campethera bennettii
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:
FD3EA9433BC63EEE
Avibase ID:
avibase-FD3EA943
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FD3EA943
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
Source: Clements checklist
Bennett's Woodpecker
Afrikaans:
Bennettspeg
Bulgarian:
Белобуз кълвач
Catalan:
Picot de Bennett
Czech:
datel Bennettův
Danish:
Savannespætte
German:
Bennettspecht
Esperanto:
beneta pego
Spanish:
Pito de Bennett
Spanish (Spain):
Pito de Bennett
Estonian:
miombo-helmesrähn
Finnish:
viiksitäplätikka
French:
Pic de Bennett
Croatian:
žutoprsi djetlić
Italian:
Picchio di Bennett
Japanese (romaji):
mimijiroafurikaaogera
Japanese:
ミミジロアフリカアオゲラ
Lithuanian:
Beneto kampetera
Dutch:
Bennetts Specht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Savannespett
Norwegian:
Savannespett
Polish:
dzięciolik akacjowy
Portuguese:
pica-pau-de-bennett
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-de-bennett
Russian:
Замбийский дятел
Slovak:
žlna bielolíca
Serbian:
Benetov detlić
Swedish:
bennettspett
Turkish:
Bennett ağaçkakanı
Ukrainian:
Дятлик акацієвий
Chinese:
班氏啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
中南非啄木
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pic de Bennett ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Bennett's Woodpecker ( Campethera bennettii) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Campethera bennettii [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Campethera [bennettii or scriptoricauda]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Bennettse Speg, Bennettspeg
Bulgarian: Белобуз кълвач
Catalan: Picot de Bennett
Czech: Datel Bennettuv, datel Bennettův
Danish: Savannespætte
German: Bennett Specht, Bennettspecht, Bennett-Specht
English: Bennett's Woodpecker
English (Avilist): Bennett's Woodpecker
English, HBW: Bennett's Woodpecker
English (IOC): Bennett's Woodpecker
English (Kenya): Bennett's Woodpecker
English (United States): Bennett's Woodpecker
Esperanto: Beneta kampetero, beneta pego
Spanish: Pico de Bennett, Pito de Bennett
Spanish (Spain): Pito de Bennett
Spanish (HBW): Bennett's Woodpecker
Estonian: miombo-helmesrähn
Finnish: Viiksitäplätikka
French: Pic de Bennett
French (Guyane): Pic de Bennett
Croatian: žutoprsi djetlić
Italian: Picchio di Bennett
Japanese (romaji): mimijiroafurikaaogera
Japanese: ミミジロアフリカアオゲラ, ミミヂロアフリカアオゲラ
Kwangali: Mbangura
Scientific: Campethera bennettii, Campethera bennettii bennettii, Chrysoptilus bennetii, Chrysoptilus Bennettii
Lithuanian: Beneto kampetera
Dutch: Bennetts Specht, Bennett-specht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Savannespett
Norwegian: Savannespett
Polish: dzieciolik akacjowy, dzięciolik akacjowy
Portuguese: Pica pau de Bennet, Pica-pau de Bennett, Pica-pau-de-Bennet, Pica-pau-de-bennett
Portuguese (Angola): Pica-pau de Bennett
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-bennett
Russian: Беннетова кампетера, Замбийский дятел
Slovak: žlna bielolíca
Shona: Hohodza
Serbian: Benetov detlić
Siswant: Inconcodzi
Swedish: Bennettspett
Swahili: Kigong'ota Sharubu-nyekundu
Tswana: Kôkômere
Turkish: Bennett ağaçkakanı
Tsonga: Ghongoswana
Ukrainian: Дятлик акацієвий
Chinese: 班氏啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 中南非啄木
Zulu: isigqobhamithesimadevabomvu
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