Dendrocopos leucotos
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-backed Woodpecker sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 275 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-backed Woodpecker in Seoul on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
9th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate White-backed Woodpecker sightings, Seoul ranks 9th at under 5%. 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 Seoul (275 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.
