Where to see
Dryocopus lineatus
Tikal National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Lineated Woodpecker during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 12 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Tikal National Park
In Tikal National Park, Guatemala, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lineated Woodpecker sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve and more
After Tikal National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Lineated Woodpecker are in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%), Amboró National Park (Bolivia, about 30%) and Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best options are Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 30%) and Amboró National Park in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are December and January in Tikal National Park (about 60%), January and February in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (about 50%) and February and October–November in Amboró National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Lineated Woodpecker on a given day. Each park's Lineated Woodpecker page has the full month-by-month chart.
