Piculus aurulentus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The yellow-browed woodpecker (Piculus aurulentus), also known as the white-browed woodpecker, is a Near Threatened species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Some authors treat the yellow-browed woodpecker and the golden-green woodpecker (P. chrysochloros) as a superspecies. The species is monotypic. The yellow-browed woodpecker is 21 to 22 cm (8.3 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 68 g (0.78 to 2.4 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Males are red from forehead to nape, have a narrow yellowish white supercilium, are dark olive green around the eye and onto the side of the neck, and successively below that a pale yellow stripe and a red malar band. Their chin and throat are pale golden. The female has an olive forehead and crown and much less red at the malar. Adults have olive green upperparts. Their flight feathers are dark brown with greenish edges and dark cinnamon-rufous on the inner webs. Their tail is blackish. Their underparts are whitish with wide dark olive bars. Their medium-length beak is blackish gray with a paler base on the mandible... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Woodpecker sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 166 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Woodpecker in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and May, the lowest months. That is one of Itatiaia National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 330 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-browed Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-browed Woodpecker sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the White-browed Woodpecker that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are White-barred Piculet (about 40%), White-spotted Woodpecker (about 30%) and Robust Woodpecker (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (166 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.
