Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos analis

Silhouette: Steven Traver · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Bali Barat National Park

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

448 Verified sightings at Bali Barat National Park From 2019 to 2026
465 In all 2 parks
September Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

The freckle-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is a medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Its upper parts are black with heavily barred white. The undertail is red; the breast and belly are buff with light flank barring and slight side streaking. It has whitish cheeks partly bordered by a black line. The male's crown is red with an orange forehead; the female's is black.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Media related to Dendrocopos analis at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →

Sounds

Drumming0:53

Thailand · 2021

© Peter Ericsson · XC690697 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:04

Thailand · 2020

© Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai) · XC598478 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:12

Laos · 2021

© Bram Piot · XC665435 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
2 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~50%
2 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
3 Semarang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
4 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
5 Yangon 🇲🇲 Myanmar
~10%
6 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
7 Phnom Penh 🇰🇭 Cambodia
<5%
8 Bangkok 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker in Bali Barat National Park?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sighting in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, based on 448 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker in Bali Barat National Park?

April, July–September and November

In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, against about 40% in May–June, October and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Bali Barat National Park the best place to see a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker?

Yes

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sightings, Bali Barat National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, under 5%).

Which relatives of the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker live in Bali Barat National Park?

Same family: Picidae

The closest relatives of the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker that you can see in Bali Barat National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Laced Woodpecker (about 10%) and Common Flameback (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Bali Barat National Park (448 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.

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