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Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni · Family Picidae
Campethera abingoni
Family Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 96,930
- Countries and territories with records
- 33
About this species
This species has 96,930 occurrence records from 33 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (81.6%), Namibia (4%), Zimbabwe (3.7%), Botswana (2.7%) and Eswatini (2.1%); together they account for 94.1% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Campethera abingoni combines the genus name Campethera with the species epithet abingoni. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Campethera; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Campethera nubica, Campethera bennettii and Campethera notata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 41st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 24.2% of the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.