Campethera bennettii | Bennett’s Woodpecker | Bennettspeg
Campethera bennettii | Bennett’s Woodpecker | Bennettspeg
Rooiberg, Nov 2020
Zebula, Mar 2019
female
Moletadikgwa Wildlife Sanctuary, Jul 2018
male
Lindani, Jun 2018
Left: female; Right: male
A breeding resident. Scarce, but occurs widely across the Waterberg, less frequent in the surrounding thorn savanna (64% in, 36% out; recorded in 29% of the Waterberg pentads); the least common woodpecker in the Waterberg, it frequents mature woodland; occurs in pairs or, after breeding, in small family groups. A specialist ant-feeder and, unlike other woodpeckers, often encountered foraging on the ground. Breeds in mid-summer.
