Yungipicus maculatus
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The Philippine pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus), also known as the Philippine woodpecker, is a species of bird in the woodpecker family (Picidae). Its local name in Kapampangan is Anluage. It is endemic to the Philippines, found throughout the entire country except the Sulu Archipelago and Palawan. It is the smallest woodpecker in the country and is common throughout, found even in urban areas in cities.
Formerly the taxon included the Sulu pygmy woodpecker, which is now treated as distinct. These two and the Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker appear to form a superspecies. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.
Y. m. fulvifasciatus — Found on Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat, Mindanao and Basilan; darkest in plummage, white rump, white ear coverts... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Philippine Woodpecker sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 1,504 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–August and October–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Philippine Woodpecker in Manila on a given day, against about 30% in September and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Philippine 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.
Only Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Philippine Woodpecker sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Philippine Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Manila (1,504 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.
