Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of].
Inland eastern and southern Tanzania south to southern Malawi (south to Nsanje area) and central Mozambique; recorded also at base of Mt Kilimanjaro, in northern Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).
Speckle-throated Woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda) [XC96363]
by id from Tanga Region: Handeni District; Magambazi Forest Reserve, Tanzania (call)
Subspecies
Bennett's Woodpecker (Campethera bennettii) and Reichenow's Woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Campethera bennettii following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).