Celeus lugubris
Silhouette: Pepe Reigada · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The pale-crested woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Some authors have treated C. l. kerri as a separate species and others have treated the pale-crested and the blond-crested woodpecker (C. flavescens) as conspecific.
This article follows the IOC two-subspecies model. The pale-crested woodpecker is about 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long. Males of both subspecies have a wide bright red malar area and cheek (and sometimes around the eye); females are barred or scaly brown there instead. In the nominate subspecies, adults of both sexes have a pale... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-crested Woodpecker sighting in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 150th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-crested Woodpecker in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and December–January, the lowest months. February to April have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-crested 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.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Pale-crested Woodpecker sightings, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 10%) and Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Pale-crested Woodpecker that you can see in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Lineated Woodpecker (about 20%), Little Woodpecker (about 20%) and White-wedged Piculet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-crested Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (44 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.
