Piculus chrysochloros
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 223 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 308 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July, October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, against under 5% in September and November, the lowest months. January to April have 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.
2nd of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Golden-green Woodpecker sightings, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Golden-green Woodpecker that you can see in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Little Woodpecker (about 20%), White-wedged Piculet (about 20%) and White Woodpecker (about 20%), 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 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (223 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.
