Colaptes campestris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay. The campo flicker was originally described as Picus campestris.
Since the early 1900s various authors have treated subspecies C. c. campestroides as a separate species, calling it the "field flicker" or "pampas flicker". BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) continues to do so as the pampas flicker.
The campo flicker is about 30 cm (12 in) long and weighs about 150 g (5.3 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their faces; males have a red malar stripe and females a black one. Adults of both subspecies have a black crown and a yellow face with white around the eye. Subspecies campestris has a black throat and campestroides a white one, their only difference. Both subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Campo Flicker sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 1,411 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 353 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Campo Flicker in São Paulo on a given day, against about 10% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of São Paulo's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 230 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Campo Flicker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Campo Flicker sightings, São Paulo ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Asuncion (Paraguay, about 40%), Curitiba (Brazil, about 30%) and Campinas (Brazil, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Campo Flicker is recorded against all the birds logged in São Paulo (1,411 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.
