Campephilus leucopogon
Silhouette: Arthur A. Allen (modified) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The cream-backed woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The cream-backed woodpecker was for a time placed in genus Scapaneus that was later merged into genus Phloeoceastes that was itself merged into the current genus Campephilus. The cream-backed woodpecker is monotypic.
The cream-backed woodpecker is 28 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long and weighs 203 to 281 g (7.2 to 9.9 oz). Adult males have a crest; their head, crest, and neck are entirely red but for a small black and white spot on the ear coverts. Adult females have a longer crest than males and do not have the covert spot. They have a creamy band from the bill to the ear coverts with black above it that surrounds the eye and extends along the front of the crest, and also a thinner black line below the creamy band. The rest of their head is red and their neck is black. Adults of both sexes are mostly black below the neck. They have a whitish upper back with pale cinnamon-buff feather tips and sometimes a few buff and black barred feathers in the center... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-backed Woodpecker sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 111 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 181st most-seen of the 284 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and July–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-backed Woodpecker in Iberá National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cream-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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cream-backed Woodpecker sightings, Iberá National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 40%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Cream-backed Woodpecker that you can see in Iberá National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Campo Flicker (about 60%), Green-barred Woodpecker (about 50%) and Little Woodpecker (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cream-backed Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Iberá National Park (111 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.
