see text Campethera is a genus of bird in the family Picidae, or woodpeckers, that are native to sub-Saharan Africa.

[2] Its nearest relative is the monotypic genus Geocolaptes[2] of southern Africa, which employs terrestrial foraging and breeding strategies.

[6] The mantle, back and wings are olive-greenish, and usually spotted or barred in buffy to golden yellow.

Some species include drumming on dead wood as a means of non-vocal signaling.

[6] Their rectrices are only partially stiffened (for arboreal support), and they readily take to terrestrial foraging.