Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
19 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Habitat
Coastal areas of forest, woodland, dense bush, Euphorbia scrub, or open country with large trees, extending marginally inland in places.

Range (Guide)

South Africa (B) (NB).

Southern South Africa, from Swellendam region east to extreme southern Natal.

Population
Estimated population is 1,500 - 5,000 (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruvtion through clearance of coastal bush for sugar-cane farming and township development is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly ants and ant larvae. Also wood-boring beetles and their larvae.

Voice
A nasal shriek similar to that of Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni).

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata) [XC333324]
by Lynette Rudman from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata) [XC519821]
by Pieter Vantieghem from Ebb & Flo area, Wilderness National Park, South Cape DC, Western Cape, South Africa (call)

Nest
In a hole excavated in a dead tree trunk or branch.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 2 - 4
Incubation: 12 days

Young
Fledge: 21 - 28 days

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) and Mombasa Woodpecker (Campethera mombassica). Variation in plumage darkness and markings rather large, but based on individual rather than geographical differences, so that no subspecies are recognizable.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata) - 10 files

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