Picumnus albosquamatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The white-wedged piculet (Picumnus albosquamatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The white-wedged piculet hybridizes with the white-barred piculet (P. cirratus), the ocellated piculet (P. dorbignyanus), and the ochre-collared piculet (P. temminckii).
The white-wedged piculet is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 11 g (0.32 to 0.39 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a black cap with wide red tips on the forehead feathers and small white spots on the rest of the cap. Their face and hindneck are mostly white with a strong brown tinge and a white stripe behind the eye. Their upperparts are warm brown to grayish brown, sometimes with faint pale tips on the feathers. Their flight feathers are dark brown with narrow buffish white edges on the secondaries and tertials. Their tail is dark...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-wedged Piculet sighting in Madidi National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 114th most-seen of the 239 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-wedged Piculet in Madidi National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, April–September and November, the lowest months. March and December have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-wedged Piculet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate White-wedged Piculet sightings, Madidi National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 20%), Emas National Park (Brazil, about 10%) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the White-wedged Piculet that you can see in Madidi National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Lineated Woodpecker (about 20%), Crimson-crested Woodpecker (about 10%) and Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-wedged Piculet is recorded against all the birds logged in Madidi National Park (17 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.
