MyKrugerHoliday
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/ · CC BY 2.0 · source ↗
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Goudstertspeg · Campethera abingoni
A medium woodpecker with a green-gold back and streaky underparts, often located by its harsh drawn-out call. It hitches up trunks and branches probing for ants and beetle larvae. Widespread in mixed and riverine woodland, it is a year-round Kruger resident.
Log your Golden-tailed Woodpecker sighting — free →How to identify it
Greenish back with golden-yellow tail shafts and streaked (not barred) underparts; male has a full red crown.
Listen for its call
A loud, nasal "waaa" — it sounds like it's whining.
Where to see it in Kruger
Mixed and riverine woodland throughout, often given away by a loud nasal call.
Did you know
Its bright yellow tail shafts flash like gold when it flies between trees.
Often confused with
See it? Log it — free.
MyKrugerHoliday is a free, offline field guide and one-tap sighting log for a Kruger self-drive. No ads, no account, works with no signal.