Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Campethera abingoni

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Campethera
eBird Code
gotwoo1

Subspecies (6)

  • Campethera abingoni abingoni

    southwestern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola to eastward to western Tanzania, and southward to northeastern Namibia, Botswana, northwestern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa

  • Campethera abingoni anderssoni

    southwestern Angola to Namibia, southwestern Botswana, and northern South Africa (east to North West and Free State)

  • Campethera abingoni chrysura

    Senegambia to South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Uganda

  • Campethera abingoni constricta

    southern Eswatini, far southern Mozambique, and eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Campethera abingoni kavirondensis

    eastern Rwanda to northern Tanzania and southwestern Kenya

  • Campethera abingoni suahelica

    northern Tanzania to eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northern Eswatini

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.