Picus xanthopygaeus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on John Cox's illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. It occurs in drier woodland, from lowland to the foothills of mountains. A medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red in male, blackish in female. Tail dark and plain. Smallish, dark bill.
The streak-breasted woodpecker has pale eyes, denser underpart streaking, and a thinner pale moustache stripe. The laced woodpecker has less underpart streaking and a warm yellowish hue all over the neck. The scaly-bellied woodpecker has streaked belly feathers, but unstreaked breast and throat plumage. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 15 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-throated Woodpecker sighting in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, based on 650 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 34th most-seen of the 368 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to March
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-throated Woodpecker in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July and September, the lowest months. Those are among Jim Corbett National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 360 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streak-throated 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 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Streak-throated Woodpecker sightings, Jim Corbett National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal, about 40%).
Same genus: Picus
The closest relatives of the Streak-throated Woodpecker that you can see in Jim Corbett National Park (genus Picus, Green Woodpeckers and Allies) are Grey-headed Woodpecker (about 40%) and Lesser Yellownape (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streak-throated Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Jim Corbett National Park (650 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.
