Bennett's woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Campethera |
Species: | C. bennettii |
Binomial name | |
Campethera bennettii (Smith, 1836) |
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Year-round range |
The Bennett's woodpecker (Campethera bennettii) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British naturalist Edward Turner Bennett.