Species profile
Knysna Woodpecker
Campethera notata
Quick answer
coastal southern South Africa (Western Cape east to extreme southern KwaZulu-Natal)
- Scientific name
- Campethera notata
- Family
- Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Campethera
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Knysna Woodpecker in your journal
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Related species in Picidae
- Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus)
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- African Piculet (Sasia africana)
- American Three-toed/black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
- Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
- Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas)
- Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
- Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae)