Where to see
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Big Bend National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Ladder-backed Woodpecker during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Big Bend National Park
In Big Bend National Park, United States, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Ladder-backed Woodpecker sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park and more
After Big Bend National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Ladder-backed Woodpecker are in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (United States, about 50%), Joshua Tree National Park (United States, about 40%) and Saguaro National Park (United States, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Big Bend National Park (about 70%), July, September and December in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (about 60%) and July in Joshua Tree National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Ladder-backed Woodpecker on a given day. Each park's Ladder-backed Woodpecker page has the full month-by-month chart.
