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BirdPix:   236407
Province:   Lusaka Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528CA
Observer:   Enoch Joseph Wetsy
Date of record:   2022-08-28
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Cardinal Woodpecker
Last updated:   2024-06-19 11:58:52
Sp. code:   447
Species name:   Campethera abingoni
Common name:   Golden-tailed Woodpecker -- Goudstertspeg
Family:   Picidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:  
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-236407
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 236407 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Stanton
Comment:   Cardinal woodpecker has brown forecrown in both sexes (absent in this image). the white-speckled black crown with red nape are distinctive for female Golden-tailed woodpecker
Date:   2022-10-02 15:43:30
Species name:   Campethera abingoni -- Golden-tailed Woodpecker; Goudstertspeg
Species code:   447

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