Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos analis

Silhouette: Steven Traver · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Doi Inthanon National Park

In 3 days <5%

17 Verified sightings at Doi Inthanon National Park From 2019 to 2026
465 In all 2 parks
April Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

The freckle-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is a medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Its upper parts are black with heavily barred white. The undertail is red; the breast and belly are buff with light flank barring and slight side streaking. It has whitish cheeks partly bordered by a black line. The male's crown is red with an orange forehead; the female's is black.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Media related to Dendrocopos analis at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →

Sounds

Drumming0:53

Thailand · 2021

© Peter Ericsson · XC690697 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:04

Thailand · 2020

© Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai) · XC598478 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:12

Laos · 2021

© Bram Piot · XC665435 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
2 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~50%
2 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
3 Semarang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
4 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
5 Yangon 🇲🇲 Myanmar
~10%
6 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
7 Phnom Penh 🇰🇭 Cambodia
<5%
8 Bangkok 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker in Doi Inthanon National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sighting in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 300th most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker in Doi Inthanon National Park?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Doi Inthanon National Park the best place to see a Freckle-breasted Woodpecker?

2nd of 2

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sightings, Doi Inthanon National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Bali Barat National Park (Indonesia, about 40%).

Where does the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Freckle-breasted Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Doi Inthanon National Park (17 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.

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