Campephilus gayaquilensis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Guayaquil woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis) is a woodpecker from the subfamily Picinae. The Guayaquil woodpecker was for a time placed in genus Scapaneus that was later merged into genus Phloeoceastes that was itself merged into the current genus Campephilus. The Guayaquil woodpecker is monotypic.
The Guayaquil woodpecker is 32 to 34 cm (13 to 13 in) long and weighs 230 to 253 g (8.1 to 8.9 oz). Both sexes' upperparts are black from their neck to upper back; their lower back to the uppertail coverts is barred with whitish buff and blackish. Their neck has white stripes on the side that continue onto the upper back and meet as a "V". Their wings' upper surface is brownish black to black; the flight feathers are browner with small cinnamon or buff spots on their inner webs. The underside of the wings' feathers are white with brown tips and trailing edges and pale cinnamon bases on the primaries. Their tail is dark brown to black-brown. Their throat and upper breast are black and the rest of their underparts whitish buff to pale cinnamon-buff with browish black bars. Adult males have an entirely red head with a small black and white... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Guayaquil Woodpecker sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 130th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Guayaquil Woodpecker in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–June, August and November, the lowest months. That is one of Machalilla National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 140 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Guayaquil 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.
Only Machalilla National Park, in our data
Machalilla National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Guayaquil Woodpecker sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Guayaquil Woodpecker that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Golden-olive Woodpecker (about 10%), Ecuadorian Piculet (about 10%) and Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Guayaquil Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (46 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.
