Campethera maculosa
Silhouette: Pepe Reigada · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The little green woodpecker, or green-backed woodpecker (Campethera maculosa) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is widely distributed in tropical Africa, living in forest edges, clearings, and forest-shrub mosaics. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.
The little green woodpecker was formally described in 1826 as Picus maculosa from Senegal by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "spotted". The little green woodpecker is now one of ten species placed in the genus Campethera that was introduced in 1841 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray.
Five subspecies are recognised: C... Wikipedia →
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Guinea-Bissau · 2019
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Ghana · 2021
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Gabon · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 5 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Little Green Woodpecker sighting in Gorongosa National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 202nd most-seen of the 250 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.
April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Little Green Woodpecker in Gorongosa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and May–October, the lowest months. March and December–January have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little 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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Little Green Woodpecker sightings, Gorongosa National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Mikumi National Park (Tanzania, about 10%), Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Kafue National Park (Zambia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Green Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Gorongosa National Park (9 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.
