Colaptes rupicola
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. The Andean flicker was for a time placed in genus Soroplex that was later merged into Colaptes. It and the Chilean flicker (C. pitius) are sister species.
BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World includes puna with the nominate as the "southern Andean flicker" and treats cinereicapillus as the separate species "northern Andean flicker". This article follows the three-subspecies model.
The Andean flicker is about 32 cm (13 in) long. Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Adult males of the nominate subspecies are dark slate gray from forehead to hindneck; the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Lauca National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Flicker sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 408 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Flicker in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August and September, the lowest months. That is one of Lauca National Park's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against almost none in May.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Andean Flicker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Andean Flicker sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Andean Flicker is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (408 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.
