Piculus chrysochloros
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The golden-green woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. The golden-green woodpecker's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy recognize these six subspecies:
However, a 2013 study found that they are not "diagnosable units". Subspecies P. c. xanthochlorus has at times been treated as a separate species. Some authors treat the golden-green woodpecker and the yellow-browed woodpecker (P. aurulentus) as a superspecies.
This article follows the six-subspecies model. The... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker sighting in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 219 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February to April, the lowest months. Those are among El Impenetrable National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 120 mm in March. December has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-green 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.
Yes
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Golden-green Woodpecker sightings, El Impenetrable National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 10%) and Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Golden-green Woodpecker that you can see in El Impenetrable National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are White-fronted Woodpecker (about 40%), Cream-backed Woodpecker (about 40%) and Checkered Woodpecker (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-green Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in El Impenetrable National Park (83 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.
