Knysna Woodpecker

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Knysna Woodpecker is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Campethera notata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

warbler, Knysna Woodpecker, chorister robin-chat and the forest canary. The lakes play host to a wide variety including the Malachite Kingfisher, the African Fish Eagle and our beaches provides the breeding grounds for the endangered African Black Oyster Catcher. 4. Adventure and Sport ImageCome and play in our forests and dive into outdoor adventures like horse riding, hiking, yachting, fishing and canoeing. More

The Knysna woodpecker is endemic to South Africa, being found in woodlands and thickets along the southern coastline. It mainly forages in trees, searching dead branches for invertebrates and gleaning ants from branch and leaves. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is usually a hole in the underside of a branch, often reused over multiple breeding seasons. Here it lays 2-4 eggs, which are incubated for roughly 21-13 days (estimated). More

in the beautiful forests in the area yielded Knysna Woodpecker (which we encountered a lot after this day), Olive Woodpecker and many others. O/N Ebb and Flow. Day 12, 8 August 2005: A river boat trip from Plettenberg Bay yielded White-backed Night Heron and several other more common species. En route to Nature’s Valley we found Victorin’s Warbler and other species. The Groot River Bridge at Nature’s Valley yielded our second African Finfoot for the trip. More

kingfisher, Knysna woodpecker and an array of sunbirds - wild pigs, monkeys, blue duiker, mongoose, the Cape clawless otter and antelope. One can either hike along the river (roughly one hour) or canoe upstream for the opportunity of a quiet and soulful commune with nature. No power boats are allowed upstream beyond the 4 km mark providing calm, quiet waters marred only by the call of birds and the subtle voice of the forest. More

Knysna Woodpecker, South Africa, De Hoop August 2007 © Benjamin Schwartz - Tropical Birding Tropical Birding Send this as a postcard Knysna Woodpecker - Knysna Woodpecker, South Africa, Western Cape June 2009 © Callan Cohen Superb views on a Birding Africa tour from Cape Town, just prior to watching a field of 25 Cape Vultures! © Callan Cohen Send this as a postcard Knysna Woodpecker - More

savanna, while the Olive and Knysna woodpeckers are at home in temperate forests. The large Ground Woodpecker is confined to the mountains of the Drakensberg and the southern Cape. The tiny African Piculet is found in tropical rainforest from West Africa to Uganda. The related Red-throated Wryneck is found in open wooded grassland and is particularly common on the Highveld around Johannesburg. More