Dendrocopos leucotos
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) is a Eurasian woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocopos. The white-backed woodpecker was described by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802 under the binomial name Picus leucotos. The specific epithet leucotos combines the Classical Greek leukos meaning "white" and -nōtos meaning "-backed". The type locality is Silesia, a historical region mainly located in Poland. The species is now placed in the genus Dendrocopos that was introduced by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch in 1816.
Twelve subspecies are recognised. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 3 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 4 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 5 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Sapporo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 4 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Daejeon | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 6 | Busan | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 7 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 10 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-backed Woodpecker sighting in Moscow on a given day, based on 264 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 171 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-backed Woodpecker in Moscow on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-backed Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate White-backed Woodpecker sightings, Moscow ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Novosibirsk (Russia, about 30%), Kazan (Russia, about 20%) and Sapporo (Japan, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-backed Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Moscow (264 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.
