Piculus chrysochloros
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The golden-green woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. The golden-green woodpecker's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy recognize these six subspecies:
However, a 2013 study found that they are not "diagnosable units". Subspecies P. c. xanthochlorus has at times been treated as a separate species. Some authors treat the golden-green woodpecker and the yellow-browed woodpecker (P. aurulentus) as a superspecies.
This article follows the six-subspecies model. The... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 173rd most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-green Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Golden-green Woodpecker sightings, Chapada Diamantina National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 20%) and Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Golden-green Woodpecker that you can see in Chapada Diamantina National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Spotted Piculet (about 30%) and Campo Flicker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-green Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (30 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.
