Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos macei

Silhouette: Steven Traver · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Guwahati

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

236 Verified sightings at Guwahati
2,095 In all 8 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

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 →

Sounds

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China · 2026

© JJSUN · XC1086706 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Bangladesh · 2024

© Ding Li Yong · XC910320 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Nepal · 1992

© Scott Connop · XC581796 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~30%
2 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
4 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
5 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~10%
6 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
7 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Savar 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~40%
2 Tamluk 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Dhaka 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~30%
4 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
~20%
5 Chattogram 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~10%
6 Berhampore 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
8 Dehradun 🇮🇳 India
~10%
9 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Guwahati?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sighting in Guwahati on a given day, based on 236 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 185 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.

When is the best time to see a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Guwahati?

July

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Guwahati on a given day, against about 10% in January–May and September, the lowest months. That is one of Guwahati's wettest months, with about 360 mm of rain against 5 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?

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.

Is Guwahati the best place to see a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker?

4th of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sightings, Guwahati ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Savar (Bangladesh, about 40%), Tamluk (India, about 30%) and Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 30%).

Where does the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Guwahati (236 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.

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