Colaptes melanochloros
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The green-barred woodpecker or green-barred flicker (Colaptes melanochloros) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The green-barred woodpecker was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with woodpeckers in the genus Picus and coined the binomial name Picus melanochloros. The specific epithet melanochloros combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" with khlōros meaning "green" or "yellow". Gmelin based his description on "Le grand pic rayé de Cayenne" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by the French polymath Comte de Buffon. Buffon mistakenly believed that his specimen had been collected in Cayenne, French Guiana but the species does not occur there. Instead, the type locality has been designated as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
The green-barred woodpecker was moved to the genus Chrysoptilus, but this genus has been merged into Colaptes based on the results of a 2011 molecular phylogenetic study. The American Ornithological... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 11 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-barred Woodpecker sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 140 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-barred Woodpecker in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to May, the lowest months. That is one of Itatiaia National Park's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 25 mm in July.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-barred 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.
5th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Green-barred Woodpecker sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 50%), El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 50%) and El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-barred Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (140 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.
