Colaptes rubiginosus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The golden-olive woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found from Mexico south and east through Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The golden-olive woodpecker was formally described in 1820 as Picus rubiginosis by the English zoologist William Swainson. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "rusty". Swainson specified the type locality as the "Spanish Main". In 1918 the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr restricted the location to Caracas, Venezuela. The golden-olive woodpecker is now one of 14 species placed in the genus Colaptes that was introduced in 1825 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors.
Nineteen subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-olive Woodpecker sighting in San Salvador on a given day, based on 605 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 153 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-olive Woodpecker in San Salvador on a given day, against about 20% in May to February, the lowest months. Those are among San Salvador's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-olive 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.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Golden-olive Woodpecker sightings, San Salvador ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Guayaquil (Ecuador, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-olive Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in San Salvador (605 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.
