Golden-tailed woodpecker / Goldschwanzspecht (Campethera abingoni)

Wikipedia: Golden-tailed woodpecker Source: WIKIPEDIA Golden-tailed_Woodpecker_-_MALE%2C_Campethera_abingoni%2C_at_Borakalalo_National_Park%2C_Northwest_Province%2C_South_Africa%2C_crop.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Campethera (Campethera); Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
General: The golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Its specific name commemorates the 5th Earl of Abingdon.^[2] It belongs to a species complex that includes the Knysna woodpecker to the south of its range, and the mostly allopatric^[3] Mombasa woodpecker to the northeast,^[4] with which it perhaps hybridizes. [more]