Sasia ochracea
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
This small piculet has olive-green upper parts tinged with chestnut and grows to a length of up to 10 cm (4 in). The under parts are cinnamon or rufous, sometimes yellowish on the flanks. The stubby tail is blackish. The crown is green, and there is a white streak above and immediately behind the eye, the latter being surrounded by a ring of bare pinkish or reddish skin. Males have a small golden-yellow patch on the forehead which females lack. Juveniles are duller in colour than adults, greener above and greyer beneath. The beak is grey, the iris is red and the legs are yellow or orange, the feet having just three toes, (four being the norm in the woodpecker family). In southern Myanmar and southeastern Thailand, where their ranges overlap, the white-browed piculet can be confused with the very similar rufous piculet (Sasia abnormis), but differs in the white streak above the eye and the darker... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Piculet sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 155 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 121st most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Piculet in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and July–September, the lowest months. Those are among Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 490 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-browed Piculet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 9 parks where we can rate White-browed Piculet sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 10%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the White-browed Piculet that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Common Flameback (about 40%), Laced Woodpecker (about 40%) and Lesser Yellownape (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Piculet is recorded against all the birds logged in Cat Tien National Park (155 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.
