Red-crowned Woodpecker

Where to see

Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus

Parque Natural Metropolitano leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Red-crowned Woodpecker during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
2 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
3 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
4 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
5 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~50%
6 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~50%
7 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
8 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
9 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
10 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
11 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~30%
12 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
13 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
14 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
15 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Red-crowned Woodpecker?

Parque Natural Metropolitano

In Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Red-crowned Woodpecker sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Red-crowned Woodpecker?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February in Parque Natural Metropolitano (about 70%), July in Coiba National Park (about 80%) and April–May and October–November in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Red-crowned Woodpecker on a given day. Each park's Red-crowned Woodpecker page has the full month-by-month chart.