Dendrocopos macei
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar. The freckle-breasted woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with this species.
A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast and belly buff with light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Media related to Dendrocopos macei at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savar | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 4 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 6 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sighting in Berhampore on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 58th most-seen of the 78 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and June–July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Berhampore on a given day, against about 10% in March–May and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Berhampore's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in December. August to October have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fulvous-breasted 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.
6th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sightings, Berhampore ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Savar (Bangladesh, about 40%), Tamluk (India, about 30%) and Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 30%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker that you can see in Berhampore (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Black-rumped Flameback (about 30%) and Streak-throated Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Berhampore (7 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.
