Dendrocopos hyperythrus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The rufous-bellied woodpecker or rufous-bellied sapsucker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. This woodpecker has a habit of making a series of small pits on the bark of trees leading to its being considered an Asiatic member of the sapsuckers in the past. It is found along the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Manchuria, Ussuriland and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The rufous-bellied woodpecker ranges in length from about 19 to 23 cm (7.5 to 9.1 in). The male has a red crown while the female has a black crown, speckled with white. Both sexes have a black mantle and back, while the wings are black barred with white. The upper tail is black, with some white barring on the outer two pairs of feathers. The face is white and the throat and underparts are a uniform cinnamon or rufous. The lower belly is black barred with white and the under-tail converts are red or pink. The iris is chestnut, the upper mandible of the beak... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-bellied Woodpecker sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 128 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 171st most-seen of the 324 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-bellied Woodpecker in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Beijing's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-bellied 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.
5th of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Rufous-bellied Woodpecker sightings, Beijing ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 10%), Nanjing (China, about 10%) and Chengdu (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-bellied Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Beijing (128 verified sightings), 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.
