Celeus loricatus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The cinnamon woodpecker (Celeus loricatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. The cinnamon woodpecker has these four subspecies:
Males and females have the same plumage except on their faces. Both sexes' heads are rufous with a bushy crest and black streaks on the crown. Males have a red chin, throat, and malar with black streaks, and females are the same rufous there as on the rest of their head. Both sexes of adults of the nominate subspecies C. l. loricatus have dark rufous upperparts with narrow black bars. Their flight feathers are blackish with wide rufous bars. The top side of their tail is black with wide buff to whitish bars. Their upper breast is light rufous with black edges and tips to the feathers; the rest of their underparts are paler buff with bold black arrowhead-shaped marks. Their medium... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Woodpecker sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 423 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 268th most-seen of the 503 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Woodpecker in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Cinnamon Woodpecker sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 11th at under 5%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%), Darién National Park (Panama, about 30%) and Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Cinnamon Woodpecker that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Black-cheeked Woodpecker (about 50%), Golden-olive Woodpecker (about 10%) and Hoffmann's Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (423 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
