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Campethera
''Campethera'' is a genus of bird in the family Picidae, or woodpeckers, that are native to sub-Saharan Africa. Most species are native to woodland and savanna rather than deep forest, and multiple species exhibit either arboreal or terrestrial foraging strategies. Its nearest relative is the monotypic genus ''Geocolaptes'' of southern Africa, which employs terrestrial foraging and breeding strategies. They are however not close relatives of similar-looking woodpeckers in the " Dendropicos clade". Taxonomy The genus ''Campethera'' was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841 with the little green woodpecker (''Campethera maculosa'') as the type species. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ... ''kampē'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
The golden-tailed woodpecker (''Campethera abingoni'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Its specific name commemorates the 5th Earl of Abingdon. It belongs to a species complex that includes the Knysna woodpecker to the south of its range, and the mostly allopatric Mombasa woodpecker to the northeast, with which it perhaps hybridizes. Description The combination of barred, greenish upper part plumage, and streaked underparts is distinctive. Their golden-olive tails do not differ markedly from those of several related or sympatric woodpecker species, but their single, strident call-note is characteristic. It measures 20 to 21 cm from bill tip to tail tip. The southern races weigh about 70 g, but the northern race ''C. a. chrysura'', only about 55 g. Males are on average larger and heavier than females. The sexes are best distinguished by their head markings, as the red and brown fore-crowns of males differ unmistakably from those of females that are bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennett's Woodpecker
Bennett's woodpecker (''Campethera bennettii'') 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. Taxonomy This species was described by Andrew Smith in 1836. Two subspecies are recognised: ''Campethera bennettii bennettii'' and ''C. b. capricorni''. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British naturalist Edward Turner Bennett. Bennett's woodpecker, the fine-spotted woodpecker, the Nubian woodpecker and the speckle-throated woodpecker form a superspecies. Description Bennett's woodpecker is about long and weighs . The male's forehead, crown and nape are red. The chin and throat are white. The upperparts are brown, yellow and white. The underparts are pale yellow, and there are dark spots on the breast and flanks. The eyes are red, the beak is grey, and the legs are bluish-green or grey-green. The female has a black forehea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knysna Woodpecker
The Knysna woodpecker (''Campethera notata'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. It belongs to a species complex that includes the golden-tailed and Mombasa woodpeckers. Description This species is distinguished from the other South African woodpeckers by its thickly spotted under-surface which is covered with black spots from the chin to the vent. Males and females differ slightly. Males have an olive-green color above with indistinct, small transverse bars and a few diamond-shaped sub-terminal spots that are a paler olive-yellow. The female Knysna woodpecker is similar to the male, but the black head is spotted with white and only the occiput is scarlet.Layard, Edgar Leopold, and R. Bowdler Sharpe. The Birds of South Africa. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1875. Print. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Green Woodpecker
The little green woodpecker, or golden-backed woodpecker, (''Campethera maculosa'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Africa, living in forest edges, clearings, and forest-shrub mosaics. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. Taxonomy This species was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1826, as ''Picus maculosus''. There are two subspecies: * ''C. m. maculosa'' (Valenciennes, 1826) - Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to southwestern and south-central Ghana * ''C. m. permista'' (Reichenow, 1876) - eastern Ghana and southwest South Sudan to northern Angola The subspecies ''permista'' was formerly classified in the green-backed woodpecker (''C. cailliautii''), but was transferred to this species by Handbook of the Birds of the World, and in 2022 by the International Ornithological Congress. The little green and green-backed woodpeckers have hybridised in Ghana. Description The little green woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campethera Nubica
The Nubian woodpecker (''Campethera nubica'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is distributed widely in Central and Eastern Africa, from Chad in west to Somalia in east and Tanzania in south. It is a fairly common species with a wide range, the population seems stable, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern". Taxonomy The Nubian woodpecker was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'' from a specimen collected in Nubia. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name ''Picus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Green Woodpecker
The little green woodpecker, or golden-backed woodpecker, (''Campethera maculosa'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Africa, living in forest edges, clearings, and forest-shrub mosaics. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. Taxonomy This species was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1826, as ''Picus maculosus''. There are two subspecies: * ''C. m. maculosa'' (Valenciennes, 1826) - Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to southwestern and south-central Ghana * ''C. m. permista'' (Reichenow, 1876) - eastern Ghana and southwest South Sudan to northern Angola The subspecies ''permista'' was formerly classified in the green-backed woodpecker (''C. cailliautii''), but was transferred to this species by Handbook of the Birds of the World, and in 2022 by the International Ornithological Congress. The little green and green-backed woodpeckers have hybridised in Ghana. Description The little green woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mombasa Woodpecker
The Mombasa woodpecker (''Campethera mombassica'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands .... References Mombasa woodpecker Birds of East Africa Mombasa woodpecker Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Northern Zanzibar–Inhambane coastal forest mosaic {{woodpecker-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
