Melanerpes rubricapillus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and Tobago. The red-crowned woodpecker has sometimes been placed in the genus Centurus. It has also sometimes been treated as conspecific with the Yucatan woodpecker (M. pygmaeus) and some authors consider them a superspecies.
The red-crowned woodpecker has these four subspecies: The validity of subspecies M. r. paraguanae has been challenged, and some other subspecies have been proposed but not accepted as valid. The red-crowned woodpecker is 16 to 18.5 cm (6.3 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 40 to 65 g (1.4 to 2.3 oz). The sexes' plumage is alike except for their head pattern. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a pale yellow to whitish forehead, a bright red crown, and an orange-red nape and hindneck. Adult females have the same pale yellow to whitish forehead but a pale gray-buff to whitish crown... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 7 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 12 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 17 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 19 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 20 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 21 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Maracaibo | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-crowned Woodpecker sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 6,050 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 295 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to May
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Red-crowned Woodpecker in Caracas on a given day, against about 40% in July to September, the lowest months. Those are among Caracas's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 120 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-crowned 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.
4th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Red-crowned Woodpecker sightings, Caracas ranks 4th at about 50%. The best odds are in Cali (Colombia, about 80%), Valencia (Venezuela, about 60%) and Panama City (Panama, about 50%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Red-crowned Woodpecker that you can see in Caracas (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Scaled Piculet (about 10%) and Spot-breasted Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-crowned Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Caracas (6,050 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.
