Dendrocopos macei
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 Chattogram on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 45th most-seen of the 76 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Chattogram on a given day, against about 10% in February, May–June, September–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Chattogram's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 780 mm in July. April and July–August 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.
5th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sightings, Chattogram ranks 5th 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 Chattogram (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Streak-throated Woodpecker (about 20%), Black-rumped Flameback (about 20%) and Eurasian Wryneck (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 Chattogram (9 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.
