Blythipicus rubiginosus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The maroon woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, southern Myanmar, Singapore, and southern Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Maroon Woodpecker sighting in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, based on 96 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 91st most-seen of the 215 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Maroon Woodpecker in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July, September and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Maroon Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Maroon Woodpecker sightings, Khao Luang National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 20%), Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 20%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Maroon Woodpecker that you can see in Khao Luang National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are White-rumped Woodpecker (about 30%), Rufous Woodpecker (about 20%) and Banded Woodpecker (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Maroon Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Khao Luang National Park (96 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.
