Dendrocopos macei
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar. The freckle-breasted woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with this species.
A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast and belly buff with light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Media related to Dendrocopos macei at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savar | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 4 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 6 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sighting in Manas National Park on a given day, based on 417 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 377 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.
February, April–June, September and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Manas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July and August, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fulvous-breasted 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.
Among the best
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sightings, Manas National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 30%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker that you can see in Manas National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Grey-capped Woodpecker (about 30%), Greater Flameback (about 20%) 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 Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Manas National Park (417 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.
