What family does Campethera bennettii (A.Smith, 1836) belong to?

Campethera bennettii (A.Smith, 1836) (Campethera bennettii (A.Smith, 1836)) belongs to the family Picidae, order Piciformes, in the kingdom Animalia. You can identify it offline using the iNature app.

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How to Identify Campethera bennettii (A.Smith, 1836) | Species ID Guide

Q: How to identify Campethera bennettii (A.Smith, 1836)?

Bennett's woodpecker is a small African woodpecker found across patchy ranges in multiple southern and eastern African woodland habitats.

About Campethera bennettii (A.Smith, 1836)

Size and Weight

Bennett's woodpecker (Campethera bennettii (A.Smith, 1836)) is around 24 cm (9.4 in) long, and weighs between 61–84 g (2.2–3.0 oz).

Adult Male Plumage

For adult males, the forehead, crown and nape are red; the chin and throat are white; upperparts are colored brown, yellow and white; underparts are pale yellow with dark spots on the breast and flanks.

Adult Male Soft Parts

Males have red eyes, a grey beak, and bluish-green or grey-green legs.

Adult Female Plumage

Adult females have a black forehead with white spots, and their ear coverts and throat are brown or blackish-brown.

Juvenile Plumage

Juvenile birds have a black forehead and crown, and darker upperparts overall.

Subspecies Characteristics

The subspecies capricorni is slightly larger than the nominal form, with deeper-colored underparts that bear fewer spots.

Distribution

This woodpecker has a patchy distribution across Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.